Da Nang CPI up by 0.37% in July

Da Nang’s consumer price index (CPI) in July increased by 0.37% as compared to the previous month and by 0.37% over the same period in 2022, the Da Nang Statistics Department freshly announced Illustrative image. (Photo: DNO) Average CPI in 7 months of 2023 went by 6.24% over the same period. In the 0.37% rise in CPI in July, there were eight out of the 11 commodity groups with an increase in price index; one group with a decrease, and the remaining two with stability. The commodity groups recording an increase compared to the previous month were other goods and services up by 2.25%; culture, entertainment and tourism 0.95%; housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials 0.76%; beverages and tobacco 0.39%; traffic 0.31%; appliances and household appliances 0.25%; food and catering services 0.14%; medicine and health services 0.02%. The CPI of post and telecommunications group plunged down by 0.19%. Education and apparel, hats and footwear maintained stability as compared to the previous month. With regard to some prominent reasons, the increase in CPI in July was attributed to a rise in kerosene and diesel price indexes. From July 1, the basic salary was adjusted upwards which made the price index of the health insurance group increase by 20.81%. The situation of hot weather on a large scale caused people’s demand to climb up, causing electricity and water prices to soar up by 3.87% and 0.76% respectively over the previous month. Da Nang Today TỔNG ĐÀI DỊCH VỤ CÔNG: (0236) 1022 hoặc *1022, miễn phí phục vụ   1. Đường dây nóng tiếp nhận ý kiến phản ánh, góp ý của tổ chức, công dân và chuyển đến cơ quan chức năng xử lý 2. Hướng dẫn, giải đáp quy định, chính sách, thông tin kinh tế – xã hội 3. Hướng dẫn thực hiện thủ tục hành chính, dịch vụ công trực tuyến 4. Cung cấp thông tin phòng chống thiên tai, bão lũ 5. Cung cấp dịch vụ Tổng đài CSKH, nhắn tin CSKH, truyền thông, sự kiện và các dịch vụ tư vấn khác…