The price of food, foodstuff, outside dining and public transport service prices increased during the Lunar New Year is the main reason that the consumer price index in January 2020 increased by 1.23% over the month. 12/2019 and an increase of 6.43% compared to January 2019, the highest increase of the January price index in the last 7 years.
Core inflation in January 2020 increased by 0.76% compared to December 2019 and by 3.25% over the same period last year.
The gold price index in January 2020 increased by 4.37% over the previous month and by 18.64% over the same period in 2019. The US dollar price index in January 2020 increased by 0.02% compared to December / 2019 and down by 0.35% over the same period in 2019.