According to the city’s General Statistics Office, the CPI in August rose 0.19% in comparison with the previous month.
Foodstuffs and dining-out services and groups of garment, hats and footwear rose by 0.38% against July. Seven out of 11 items witnessed an increase in prices.
Prices of housing-electricity-fuel-construction materials went down 0.18% due to a decrease in gas and petroleum prices.
Transport costs also reduced 0.06% thanks to a decrease in the price of petroleum and gas.
By contrast, food prices lessened 0.61% compared to the pervious month.
Both gold and US dollar prices dropped slightly, by 0.41% and 0.32% compared to the previous month, respectively.
