Low Funds May Have Led to CPI Suspension
An official at the Ministry of Planning said yesterday that a lack of funds may be to blame fo the Ministry of Finance and Economy suspending the publication of June’s consumer price index. Sam Saroeun, deputy director of the statistics department at the Ministry of Planning, said that the Ministry of Economy and Finance had asked that publication of the report be withheld and that a lack of money could be the reason behind the request. The Ministry of Planning has suspended publication of the consumer price index in the past.
