Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) for June rose 4.91 percent year-on-year, down slightly from the 4.93 percent growth in the previous month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. The bureau said last month’s increase was mainly due to higher housing rents and the rising cost of eating out and renting parking […]
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Macau’s inflation rate hit a whopping 6.05 percent last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Wednesday. A DSEC statement attributed the steep rise mainly to starkly higher housing rents and restaurant prices. For the whole of last year, notable increases were recorded in the price indices of housing and fuels (+11.93 percent) and […]