ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A number of the unemployed reached 35.2 thousand by the end of this March, decreased 14.9 thous. or 29.7 percent againts the same period of the previous year. xxxx The national consumer price index by this March increased by 0.8 percent compared to the previous month, by 3.6 percent compared to the beginning of the year and by 9.8 percent against the same period of 2012. Thie increase in the national index against the previous month was mainly due to 0.8-percent increase in food and non-alcoholic beverages. D.Enkhbileg