Inflation rises 1.3 percent
Cambodia’s consumer price index rose by 1.3 percent in July compared to a year earlier on the back of higher food and fuel prices, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. The increase was also due to non-alcohol beverages, clothing and footwear, housing, water, household maintenance, restaurants and other services. Cambodia imports many products to meet domestic demand, but because the infation rates of countries the Kingdom imports from is low, the rate in Cambodia has also stayed relatively low. …