Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) increased by 3.12 percent last month year-on-year, a decrease of 0.23 percentage points from the 3.35 percent growth in October, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.
A DSEC statement said last month’s inflation figure was due to the rising cost of eating out and renting a flat, rising parking meter rates, as well as increasing prices of gasoline and adults’ clothing.
Among the various segments of goods and services, the price indices of clothing and footwear, education and transport grew by 6.94 percent, 5.88 percent and 5.13 percent respectively year-on-year, while the index of communication decreased by 6.86 percent.
