Consumer price index in December 2024 in Nghe An increased by 0.65%
The 13.29% increase in medicine and medical services was the main reason for the 0.65% increase in the consumer price index (CPI) in December 2024 in Nghe An compared to the previous month.
On December 6, 2024, the People's Council of Nghe An province issued Resolution No. 122/NQ-HDND regulating the prices of medical examination and treatment services for state-owned medical examination and treatment facilities under the management of Nghe An province. Accordingly, the prices of medicines and medical services increased by 13.29%.
According to information from the Nghe An Statistics Office, the consumer price index in December 2024 increased by 0.65% over the previous month, the average CPI in the fourth quarter of 2024 increased by 2.34% over the average in the fourth quarter of 2023, and increased by 2.95% over December of the previous year.
Of the 11 main groups of goods and services, 6/11 groups had price indexes increasing compared to the previous month: Medicines and medical services increased by 13.29%; Transportation increased by 0.52%; Beverages and tobacco increased by 0.17%; Other goods and services increased by 0.17%; Culture, entertainment and tourism increased by 0.13%; Clothing, hats and footwear increased by 0.06%.
There are 4 groups of goods that decreased, including: Food and catering services decreased by 0.31%; Post and telecommunications decreased by 0.23%; Housing, electricity, water and construction materials and household equipment and appliances both decreased by 0.13%.
There is 1 Education product group that neither increased nor decreased compared to last month.
On average, in 2024, the consumer price index increased by 4.32% over the same period last year. There were 10/12 groups of goods that increased, including: Housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials increased by 13.48%; Other goods and services increased by 6.15%; Medicines and medical services increased by 5.7%; Food and catering services increased by 3.77%; Beverages and tobacco increased by 2.27%; Culture, entertainment and tourism increased by 1.76%; Transportation increased by 1.27%; Household equipment and utensils increased by 1.2%; Clothing, hats and footwear increased by 0.86%; Education increased by 0.53%.
There is one group of goods that decreased compared to the same period, which is Post and Telecommunications, down 0.13%.
The gold price index in December 2024 decreased by 1.06% compared to the previous month, and increased by 48.1% compared to December 2023; the average price in the same period increased by 36.44%. Domestic gold prices fluctuated in the same direction as world gold prices.
The US dollar price index increased by 0.07% over the previous month, and by 3.22% over December 2022; the average increase over the same period was 2.61%.
