7 groups of goods and services increased in price in July

Hai Duong's consumer price index in July increased by 0.64% compared to June.

According to the Provincial Statistics Office, Hai Duong's consumer price index (CPI) in July increased by 0.64% over the previous month. The average for the first 7 months of 2024 increased by 2.92% over the same period in 2023.

The reason for the CPI increase in July is due to the basic salary applied from July 1, 2024 from 1.8 million VND/month to 2.34 million VND/month; gasoline prices increased after adjustments; hot weather caused high demand for electricity and water.

Compared to June, 7 groups of goods and services increased in price, 3 groups decreased in price and 1 group remained stable. Among the groups of goods with increased prices, there were some groups that increased sharply, greatly affecting the CPI such as: Housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials increased by 1.16%, mainly in some items such as household electricity and housing. Transportation group increased by 1.66% mainly in some items such as fuel, gasoline, oil, means of transport. Other goods and services group increased by 5.1% mainly due to a 30% increase in health insurance (due to the adjustment of the basic salary to 2.34 million VND/month, so the health insurance contribution level of families and students also changed), funeral services increased by 0.65%. Food and catering services group increased by 0.34%, mainly in food items such as livestock meat, processed meat.

Some commodity groups in July decreased in price compared to the previous month such as: garments, hats, footwear decreased by 0.13%, mainly decreased in ready-made clothing; post and telecommunications group decreased by 0.12%; beverages and tobacco decreased by 0.02%.

HT

Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/7-nhom-hang-hoa-dich-vu-tang-gia-trong-thang-7-388625.html