Macau’s inflation rate amounted to 3.01 percent last year, up by 1.78 percentage points from the 1.23 percent rate in 2017, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.
Last year’s rate was the highest since 2015, which stood at 4.56 percent. In 2016, Macau’s inflation amounted to 2.37 percent.
Last year recorded higher charges of eating out, higher rentals for residential units, rising parking meter rates and tuition fees, as well as increasing prices of adults’ clothing and gasoline.
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