BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in September increased by 0.3 percent year-on-year compared to September 2016, owing to rise in prices of transportation and food, according to the latest statistics obtained by Xinhua from Brunei's Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) on Friday.
In its monthly CPI report, JPKE said that both Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food Index increased by 1.3 percent and 0.1 percent year-on-year, respectively.
The increase in the overall CPI in September was largely attributed to the rise in the indices of Transport (1.3 percent), Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (1.3 percent) and Recreation and Culture (1.2 percent).
On a period-on-period basis, CPI in January-September 2017 decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the same period last year.
Both Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Non-Food Index decreased by 0.2 percent.
CPI is a measure of price changes of goods and services paid by the consumer in a specified period. Brunei's list of goods and services in the CPI is based on the average expenditure per household.
