[Vnbiz] June inflation -- slowing down

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear CACC,

June inflation is 2.14%, compared with 3.91% for May.  This is a 45%
decrease.  Great improvement!  But 2.14 is still high; that is the
equivalent of 25.68% per year.  Looks like the main culprit this month is
sitll food with 3.29%, although that is much less than the 22.19% May food
price increase.  Housing & construction materials and household appliances
increase a bit.  Other than that, everything else is just about the same.

Below Ihave the both the June chart (on top) and the May in (at the bottom)
FYI.  These charts are from the General StatisticsOffice of Vietnam.

Have a good day!

Hoanh
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*Consumer price index*

*Gold and USD price indexes, whole country*

*June 2008*



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Index in June 2008 compared with (%)

Index in the  first half year in 2008 compared with same period in 2007

*Base year 2005*

*June*

*2007*

*Dec. 2007*

*May2008*













*Consumer price index*

*144.30*

*126.80*

*118.44*

*102.14*

*120.34*

Food and foodstuff

170.32

145.55

130.73

103.29

*133.05*

*Of which: - Food *

212.71

174.29

159.44

104.29

*139.14*

*               - Foodstuff*

157.78

137.54

121.83

103.05

*131.91*

*               - Meals and drinking out*

158.32

133.35

122.44

102.46

*127.82*

Beverage and cigarette

124.72

111.46

108.21

101.07

*108.56*

Garment, footwear, hat

121.32

109.94

106.67

100.92

*108.50*

Housing and construction materials (*)

145.33

123.72

114.34

101.93

*120.49*

Household appliances and goods

120.45

108.44

106.41

101.28

*106.73*

Medical products and health care

117.49

108.08

103.87

100.66

*107.98*

Means of transport and communication

128.05

114.88

110.58

100.35

*112.69*

*Of which: Postal services and Telecommunication*

83.75

88.73

90.70

99.90

*88.07*

Education

110.23

103.24

102.12

100.67

*102.38*

Culture, sport and entertainment

111.49

104.23

105.29

100.40

*103.69*

Other consumer goods and services

128.13

113.02

108.14

100.96

*112.37*

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* *

*Gold price index*

*213.63*

*141.01*

*116.27*

*104.36*

*139.25*

*USD price index*

*106.55*

*104.89*

*105.02*

*104.69*

*100.51*



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* *



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* *

(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.



*Consumer price index*

*Gold and USD price indexes, whole country*

*May 2008*



* *

Index in May 2008 compared with (%)

Index in the five first months in 2008 compared with same period in 2007

*Base year 2005*

*May*

*2007*

*Dec. 2007*

*April 2008*













*Consumer price index*

*141.28*

*125.20*

*115.96*

*103.91*

*119.09*

Food and foodstuff

164.89

142.35

126.56

107.25

*130.68*

*Of which: - Food *

203.96

167.84

152.88

122.19

*133.01*

*               - Foodstuff*

153.11

135.39

118.23

102.28

*130.81*

*               - Eating outside*

154.52

131.23

119.50

102.56

*126.75*

Beverage and cigarette

123.40

110.45

107.06

101.88

*107.99*

Garment, footwear, hat

120.22

109.46

105.69

100.96

*108.22*

Housing and construction materials (*)

142.57

122.99

112.17

101.20

*119.85*

Household appliances and goods

118.93

107.48

105.07

100.93

*106.39*

Medical products and health care

116.72

108.24

103.19

100.48

*107.96*

Means of transport and communication

127.60

115.52

110.20

100.34

*112.25*

*Of which: Postal services and Telecommunication*

83.83

87.80

90.79

99.93

*87.94*

Education

109.49

102.72

101.44

100.45

*102.21*

Culture, sport and entertainment

111.05

105.11

104.87

100.57

*103.58*

Other consumer goods and services

126.91

112.50

107.11

100.33

*112.24*

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*Gold price index*

*204.70*

*132.45*

*111.41*

*96.11*

*137.81*

*USD price index*

*101.78*

*100.45*

*100.32*

*101.02*

*99.79*



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(*) Including: housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials.







-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, Esq., LLB, JD
Washington DC
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