Power price hike widely expected to drive up CPI: Experts

Taipei, June 28 (CNA) An average increase in electricity rates of 8.4 percent announced by the Ministry of Economic Affairs Monday, with a 15 percent increase for large industrial users from July 1, is widely expected to drive up Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI).

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