Consumer prices up 0.43% in August (update)

Taiwan's consumer prices moved higher from a year earlier in August, largely due to an increase in vegetable and fruit prices, as well as medical care costs, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Friday.

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