Ulaanbaatar
National CPI slightly goes down
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In October 2016, the national consumer price index across the country decreased by 0.7 percent compared to the previous month, and by 0.1 percent compared to the same period of 2015 and the beginning of 2016.
This slight drop reflected the decrease of 2.3 percent in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, 1.7 percent in prices of transport, 1.1 percent in prices of housing, water, electricity and fuels.
Last month, the national consumer price index for urban consumers decreased by 1.2 percent compared to the previous month, by 1.1 percent from the beginning of the year and by 0.8 percent from the same period of 2015.
This 0.8 percent fall was caused by the decrease of 2.8 percent in prices of food and nonalcoholic beverages, 2.4 percent in prices of housing, water, electricity and fuels and 1.6 percent in prices of transport.
