With the Government’s goal of stabilizing macroeconomy, curbing inflation, the proactive control of petrol prices, gas prices, electricity prices, textbook prices and health service prices at appropriate times, abundant supply of rice, etc. are factors contributing to CPI in June 2019 down 0.09% compared to the previous month. Generally for the second quarter of 2019, CPI increased by 0.74% from the previous quarter and by 2.64% over the same period in 2018, this is the lowest average growth rate of six months in the last three years. Average core inflation in the first six months of 2019 expanded by 1.87% against the similar period in 2018.
The world’s average gold price index as of June 24, 2019 increased by 5.1% compared to May, 2019. Domestic gold price index in June 2019 grew by 1.98% over the previous month, by 4.29% from December 2018 and by 1.74% from the same period last year.
The US dollar price index in June 2019 grew by 0.3% over the previous month, by 0.29% against December 2018 and by 2.52% compared to the same period in 2018.