Statistics for the first half of this year show that CPI in Province A fell 1.7% in three consecutive months after a 1.8% month-on-month increase in three months. In the same period, CPI in Province B rose 1.8% in three consecutive months after a 1.7% month-on-month decrease in three consecutive months.
The CPI of Province A was higher than that of Province B in June this year is not true if CPI in December was the same in both provinces.