According to the Provincial Statistics Office, Hai Duong's consumer price index (CPI) in September increased by 0.84% compared to August. On average, in the first 9 months of 2024, the CPI increased by 3.05% compared to the same period in 2023.
In September, 3 groups of goods and services decreased in price, 2 groups had stable prices and 6 groups increased in price compared to August.
Among the groups of goods with increased prices, there were some groups with high increases such as: food and catering services increased by 3.23%, mainly in the group of food products, livestock meat, processed meat. In particular, the increase in prices of many types of green vegetables after storm No. 3 has impacted the CPI increase. The group of housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials increased by 0.67%, mainly in some items such as: housing, gas. The group of postal and telecommunications increased by 0.58%, mainly in some items of telephone equipment.
On the contrary, some commodity groups in the month had prices decreasing compared to August such as: transportation group decreased by 3.06%, mainly in fuel and petroleum products; beverage and tobacco group decreased by 0.08%; garment, hat and footwear group decreased by 0.01%.
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