In May 2018, the nation's consumer prices rose 1.8% year-on-year. Among them, cities rose 1.8%, rural areas rose 1.7%; food prices rose 0.1%, non-food prices rose 2.2%; consumer prices rose 1.3%, service prices rose 2.5% From January to May, the national consumer price increased by 2.0% over the same period of last year.
In May, the nation’s consumer prices fell by 0.2% month-on-month. Among them, cities fell by 0.2% and rural areas fell by 0.1%; food prices fell by 1.3%, non-food prices rose by 0.1%; consumer goods prices fell by 0.2%, and service prices fell by 0.1%.
First, the year-on-year changes in the prices of various types of goods and services
Food and tobacco price rose by 0.7% year-on-year, affecting consumer price index (CPI) by about 0.21 percentage points. Among them, egg prices rose by 20.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.10 percentage point; fresh vegetable prices rose by 10.0%, affecting CPI increase. About 0.22 percentage points; poultry prices rose 6.4%, affecting CPI rose about 0.07 percentage points; animal meat prices fell 9.3%, affecting CPI fell about 0.42 percentage points (pork prices fell 16.7%, affecting CPI decline of about 0.43 percentage points) The price of fresh fruit decreased by 2.7%, affecting the decrease of CPI by about 0.05%.
The price of other seven categories increased year-on-year. Among them, the prices of health care, residence, education, culture and entertainment rose by 5.1%, 2.2% and 1.9% respectively. The prices of transportation and communications, daily necessities and services rose by 1.8% and 1.5% respectively. The price of other supplies and services rose by 1.1% and 1.0% respectively.
Second, the price chain of various types of goods and services changes
The price of food, tobacco, and alcohol dropped by 0.8% month-on-month, affecting a drop of about 0.24 percentage points in CPI. Among them, the price of fresh vegetables dropped by 4.6%, affecting a decrease of 0.11% in CPI; the price of fresh fruit decreased by 2.7%, affecting a decrease of CPI by about 0.05%; The price fell by 2.3%, affecting the CPI by about 0.09 percentage points (the pork price dropped by 3.6%, and the CPI decreased by about 0.08 percentage point); the egg price rose by 1.5%, affecting the CPI by about 0.01%.
The prices of other seven categories rose by two points compared to the previous quarter. Among them, transportation and communications, clothing, and health care prices rose by 0.4%, 0.2%, and 0.2% respectively. Prices of living and supplies and services rose by 0.1%. Education, culture, and entertainment. Prices of other supplies and services both decreased by 0.2%.
Main data of consumer prices in May 2018
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| Momentary change (%) | Year-on-year increase (%) | January-May Year-on-year increase (%) |
| Consumer price | -0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Among them: City | -0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Rural | -0.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Including: Food | -1.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Non-food | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Including: Consumer goods | -0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| service | -0.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Including: Food and Energy Excluded | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Including: Fresh vegetables and fruits | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Sort by category | |||
| First, food and tobacco | -0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Food | -0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Food oil | -0.4 | -1.0 | -1.1 |
| Fresh vegetables | -4.6 | 10.0 | 7.5 |
| Livestock Meat | -2.3 | -9.3 | -6.6 |
| Including: Pig meat | -3.6 | -16.7 | -12.4 |
| Beef meat | -0.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Lamb | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.7 |
| Aquatic products | -1.0 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| Eggs | 1.5 | 20.8 | 17.9 |
| Milk | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Fresh fruit | -2.7 | -2.7 | 4.7 |
| Smoke | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Second, clothing | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Clothing | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Clothing processing service fee | 0.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Shoes | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Third, living | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Rental housing rent | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Hydroelectric fuel | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Fourth, daily necessities and services | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Household appliances | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Home service | 0.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| V. Traffic and Communication | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Transportation | -0.3 | -1.2 | -1.4 |
| Vehicle fuel | 3.6 | 13.3 | 7.8 |
| Use and maintenance of transportation | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Communication tools | -0.3 | -2.4 | -2.5 |
| Communication service | 0.0 | -0.9 | -0.8 |
| Mail service | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Sixth, educational culture and entertainment | -0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Educational services | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Travel | -1.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Seventh, medical care | 0.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Chinese medicine | 0.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Western medicine | 0.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| medical service | 0.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| VIII. Other supplies and services | -0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Notes
1. Explanation of indicators
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the relative change in the price level of residents' consumer goods and services over time, and comprehensively reflects the 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, education, culture and entertainment, health care, and other supplies and services used by urban and rural residents across the country. 262 basic categories 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 people were sent directly to the survey outlets to collect the original prices. 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.