Consumer price index rises

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The national consumer price index in May 2013 increased by 0.3 per cent against the previous month. It also increased by 5.1 per cent against the beginning of the year, and by 9.7 per cent compared to same period of the previous year. The increase in national index compared to the previous month was mainly due to 1.1 percent increase in food and non-alcoholic beverages and 2.4 per cent in housing, water, electricity and fuels and 0.8 percent in clothing, footwear and cloth.