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TAIPEI: Taiwan's consumer price index for September rose 3.09 per cent from a year earlier largely on higher food prices, the government said Monday.
The CPI for the month compared with August's revised 4.67 per cent.
The figure in September was down 0.60 per cent from August in reflection of falling fuel prices, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said.
In September, food prices rose 5.62 per cent from a year earlier, while transportation costs gained 3.42 per cent year-on-year, the agency said.
The core price index, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 3.25 per cent in September from a year earlier and the wholesale price index (WPI) added 6.64 per cent year-on-year.
In the first eight months of this year, the CPI rose 4.10 per cent, the core price index added 3.27 per cent and the WPI gained 8.62 per cent from a year earlier.
- AFP/yt
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