Mongolia’s inflation rate rises above central bank’s target to 8.1pc www.daily-sun.com
ULAN BATOR: Mongolia's inflation rate increased to 8.1 percent in June from 7.9 percent in the previous month, the country's central bank's spokesperson Ariun Dagva said Monday.
Earlier, experts said the central bank will not allow inflation to rise above 8 percent, reports Xinhua.
It was the highest inflation since December 2018, Dagva told Xinhua, adding that inflation in Mongolia, as in many other countries, is calculated on the basis of the consumer price index for goods and services.
The inflation was directly affected by the rise in prices of meat and meat products, which amounted to 31.6 percent. During this period, prices and tariffs for housing services, water, electricity, gas and other types of fuel increased by 8.8 percent.
Published Date:2019-07-23