TIẾNG VIỆT Vietnam’s Feb. inflation hikes 1.42% on gasoline prices
Xuan Thinh
Monday | 02/28/2022 11:47
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The consumer price index in February increased by 1.42 percent against the same period of last year, according to latest data from the General Statistics Office.
CPI in February increased by 1 percent compared to the previous month, and 1.2 percent compared to December of 2021. The price hike of food and gasoline were the main causes for the rise of living cost in the month.
On average, in the first two months of 2022, CPI increased by 1.68 percent over the same period last year.
Core inflation in February increased by 0.49 percent over the previous month, by 0.68 percent over the same period last year. The average core inflation in the first two months of this year increased by 0.67 percent over the same period in 2021.
Gasoline price have increased 13 percent since the beginning of 2022, according to data from Ministry of Industry and Trade.
