Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.52 percent from a year earlier in July, up on a year-on-year increase of 2.42 percent in June, after Typhoon Gaemi pushed up fruit and vegetable prices, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Tuesday.
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