BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 29 (Xinhua): Brunei's overall consumer price index (CPI) in May 2021 increased by 1.1 percent year-on-year, the latest statistical figures released this week have shown.
According to the country's Department of Economic Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the CPI rise was contributed mainly by increase in the prices and costs of transport (6.7 percent); food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.9 percent); and restaurants and hotels (0.7 percent).
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