Core inflation this year could increase slightly to roughly 2 per cent from 1.7 per cent last year, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) forecast. — Photo kinhdoanhnet.vnHÀ NỘI — Core inflation this year could increase slightly to roughly 2 per cent from 1.7 per cent last year, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) forecast. NFSC also forecast that the consumer price index (CPI) in 2016 will be 3.5-4 per cent if the price increase for health and education services in the last six months of the year is excluded. NFSC statistics showed that core inflation (excluding food, energy and commodities managed by the State but including health and education services) remained stable at less than 2 per cent in the first seven months of the year. According to the General Statistics Office, the monthly CPI consecutively increased year-on-year since November 2015 but stopped rising in July 2016.

Source: Viet Nam News August 22, 2016 01:52 UTC