The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July 07 rose by 2.1% over June 07. It rose much faster than expected as hike in the GST took effect.
Compared with the same month a year ago, the CPI in July 07 was higher by 2.6%.
* ChannelNewsAsia , Statistic-Jul CPI *
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In Aug, a nearby roti prata stall raised $0.10 for all his prata, regardless got egg or no egg. That worked out to be 8.3% incr for egg prata, and 16.6% incr for kosong prata.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Jul Consumer Price Index
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MAS adjusted tis yr inflation forecast to 1-2%, up fr 0.5-1.5% previously.
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