In March 2018, the nation's consumer prices rose by 2.1% year-on-year, of which cities rose by 2.1% and rural areas rose by 1.9%; food prices rose 2.1%, non-food prices rose 2.1%; consumer goods prices rose 1.6%, service prices rose 2.8% In the first quarter, the national consumer price level rose by 2.1% over the same period of last year.
In March, the nation’s consumer prices fell by 1.1% month-on-month. Among them, cities fell by 1.1% and rural areas fell by 1.2%; food prices fell by 4.2%, non-food prices fell by 0.4%; consumer goods prices fell by 1.4%, and service prices dropped by 0.7%.
First, the year-on-year changes in prices of various types of goods and services
Food and tobacco prices rose 2.0% year-on-year, affecting consumer price index (CPI) up by about 0.61 percentage point. Among them, egg prices rose by 17.6%, affecting CPI by about 0.09 percentage point; fresh vegetable prices rose by 8.8%, affecting CPI increase. About 0.22 percentage points; Fresh fruit prices rose by 7.4%, affecting CPI by approximately 0.13 percentage points; Aquatic product prices by 5.6%, affecting CPI by approximately 0.10 percentage points; Animal meat prices by 6.1%, affecting CPI by approximately 0.29%. The price fell by 12.0%, affecting the CPI by about 0.32 percentage point).
The price of other seven categories increased year-on-year. Among them, the prices of health care, residence, education, culture and entertainment rose by 5.7%, 2.2% and 2.2% respectively. Prices of daily necessities and services, and other supplies and services rose by 1.6% and 1.2% respectively. Clothing, transportation and communications prices rose 1.1% and 0.3% respectively.
Second, the price chain of various types of goods and services changes
The price of food, tobacco, and alcohol dropped 2.8% month-on-month, affecting a decrease in CPI by about 0.85 percentage points. Among them, the price of fresh vegetables dropped by 14.8%, affecting a decrease of CPI by approximately 0.45 percentage points; the price of meat and meat decreased by 5.4%, affecting a decrease of approximately 0.24 percentage points of CPI (pork The price dropped by 8.4%, affecting the decrease of CPI by approximately 0.21 percentage point); the prices of eggs, aquatic products and fresh fruits decreased by 7.9%, 3.2% and 2.4%, respectively, and the total impact on CPI fell by approximately 0.15 percentage points.
The prices of other seven major categories rose by four quarters. Among them, clothing, living, and health care prices rose by 0.6%, 0.2%, and 0.2% respectively; educational culture and entertainment, transportation and communications prices dropped by 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively. And service, daily necessities and service prices dropped by 0.5% and 0.2% respectively.
Main data of consumer prices in March 2018 | |||
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| March | First quarter | |
| Momentary change (%) | Year-on-year increase (%) | Year-on-year increase (%) | |
| Consumer price | -1.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Among them: City | -1.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Rural | -1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Including: Food | -4.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Non-food | -0.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Including: Consumer goods | -1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| service | -0.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Including: Food and Energy Excluded | -0.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Including: Fresh vegetables and fruits | -0.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Sort by category | |||
| First, food and tobacco | -2.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Food | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Food oil | 0.1 | -1.1 | -1.2 |
| Fresh vegetables | -14.8 | 8.8 | 6.6 |
| Livestock Meat | -5.4 | -6.1 | -5.0 |
| Including: Pig meat | -8.4 | -12.0 | -9.9 |
| Beef meat | -1.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Lamb | -0.9 | 14.4 | 13.6 |
| Aquatic products | -3.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Eggs | -7.9 | 17.6 | 18.0 |
| Milk | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Fresh fruit | -2.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Smoke | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Second, clothing | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Clothing | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Clothing processing service fee | -0.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Shoes | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Third, living | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Rental housing rent | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Hydroelectric fuel | -0.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Fourth, daily necessities and services | -0.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Household appliances | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Home service | -2.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| V. Traffic and Communication | -1.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Transportation | -0.2 | -1.4 | -1.5 |
| Vehicle fuel | -2.6 | 4.3 | 5.8 |
| Use and maintenance of transportation | -3.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| Communication tools | -0.5 | -2.7 | -2.6 |
| Communication service | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.7 |
| Mail service | -0.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Sixth, educational culture and entertainment | -1.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Educational services | 0.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Travel | -10.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Seventh, medical care | 0.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| Chinese medicine | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Western medicine | 0.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| medical service | 0.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| VIII. Other supplies and services | -0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
Notes
1. Explanation of indicators
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the relative change in the price level of households' consumer goods and services over time. It comprehensively reflects changes in the level of consumer goods and services purchased by residents.
2. Scope of statistics
The survey of consumer prices covers 8 categories of food and tobacco, clothing, living, daily necessities and services, transportation and communications, educational culture and entertainment, health care, other supplies and services, and 262 basic categories of life consumed by urban and rural residents. The price of goods and services.
3. Survey method
Sample surveys were used to select and determine the survey outlets. According to the principle of “definite, fixed, and regular”, the original price was sent directly to the survey outlets. The data were collected from 500 cities and counties in 31 provinces (regions, cities) in the country, 8.8 More than 10,000 price survey sites, including shopping malls (shops), supermarkets, farmers markets, service outlets, and Internet e-commerce.