CPI rise linked to transport costs, rainQ4 SUBSIDENCE? Food costs alone pushed the CPI reading up by 0.59 percentage points, Tsao added. Food and transportation prices combined accounted for 60 percent of the growth in the CPI, Tsao said. Garment prices rose 2.04 percent, while living costs increased 1.25 percent due to higher house repair and rent costs, the report said. The wholesale price index (WPI), a measure of commercial production costs, increased 11.88 percent, as healthy demand boosted prices for raw materials and oil products, it said.

Source: Taipei Times September 07, 2021 15:56 UTC