In August 2018, national consumer prices rose by 2.3% year-on-year. Among them, cities rose by 2.3%, rural areas rose by 2.3%; food prices rose by 1.7%, non-food prices rose by 2.5%; consumer prices rose by 2.1%, and service prices rose by 2.6%. From January to August, the national consumer price rose by 2.0% over the same period last year.
In August, the national consumer price rose by 0.7% from the previous month. Among them, the city rose 0.6%, the rural rose 0.8%; the food price rose 2.4%, the non-food price rose 0.2%; the consumer price rose 0.8%, and the service price rose 0.3%.
First, the year-on-year changes in the prices of various goods and services
The price of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 1.9% year-on-year, affecting the consumer price index (CPI) by about 0.55 percentage points. Among them, egg prices rose by 10.2%, affecting CPI by about 0.06 percentage points; poultry prices rose by 5.5%, affecting CPI The price of fresh vegetables increased by 4.3%; the price of fresh vegetables rose by 4.3%, affecting the CPI by about 0.11 percentage points; the price of livestock meat decreased by 2.0%, which affected the CPI by about 0.09 percentage points (the price of pork decreased by 4.9%, which affected the CPI by about 0.12 percentage points). The price of edible oil fell by 0.6%, affecting the CPI by about 0.01 percentage points.
Prices in the other seven categories rose year-on-year. Among them, health care prices rose by 4.3%, transportation and communications, education, culture and entertainment, and residential prices rose by 2.7%, 2.6% and 2.5%, daily necessities and services, clothing, other supplies and Service prices rose by 1.6%, 1.3% and 1.2% respectively.
Second, the price changes of various types of goods and services
The price of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 1.7%, affecting CPI by about 0.49 percentage points. Among them, the price of fresh vegetables increased by 9.0%, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.21 percentage points; the price of livestock meat increased by 3.8%, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.16 percentage points (pork The price rose by 6.5%, affecting CPI by about 0.14 percentage points); the price of fresh fruit rose by 0.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.01%; the price of food and edible oil was the same as that of last month; the price of aquatic products fell by 0.3%, and the impact of CPI was about 0.01. Percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories rose by one, down and one level. Among them, the prices of housing, health care, education, culture and entertainment rose by 0.5%, 0.4% and 0.2% respectively, and the prices of daily necessities and services, other supplies and services rose by 0.1%. Clothing prices fell by 0.1%, traffic and communications prices were unchanged from last month.
Main data of consumer prices in August 2018 | |||
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| Circumstances (%) | Year-on-year increase and decrease (%) | January-August Year-on-year increase and decrease (%) |
| Consumer price | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Of which: city | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Rural | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Of which: food | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Non-food | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Of which: consumer goods | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| service | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| Of which: Does not include food and energy | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Of which: does not include fresh and fresh fruit | 0.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| By category | |||
| One, food, tobacco and alcohol | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Food | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Food oil | 0.0 | -0.6 | -0.9 |
| Fresh vegetables | 9.0 | 4.3 | 6.9 |
| Livestock meat | 3.8 | -2.0 | -5.9 |
| Of which: pig meat | 6.5 | -4.9 | -11.2 |
| Beef meat | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Lamb | 0.6 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
| Aquatic product | -0.3 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| Egg | 12.0 | 10.2 | 15.7 |
| Milk | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Fresh fruit | 0.8 | 5.5 | 3.0 |
| Tobacco | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Second, clothing | -0.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Clothing | -0.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Clothing processing service fee | 0.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Footwear | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Third, living | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Rental rent | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Hydroelectric fuel | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| Fourth, daily necessities and services | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Household appliances | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Family service | 0.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| V. Transportation and communication | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Transportation | -0.1 | -1.5 | -1.4 |
| Vehicle fuel | 0.3 | 19.4 | 12.2 |
| Vehicle use and maintenance | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| Communication tool | -0.7 | -3.0 | -2.5 |
| Communication service | -0.2 | -1.5 | -1.0 |
| Postal service | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| Education culture and entertainment | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Educational service | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Travel | 0.5 | 5.6 | 3.7 |
| Seven, health care | 0.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| Traditional Chinese medicine | 0.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| Western medicine | 0.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| medical service | 0.3 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| Eight, other supplies and services | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Note
1. Explanation of indicators
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the relative change in the price level of consumer goods and services over time, reflecting the changes in the price levels of consumer goods and services purchased by residents.
2. Statistical range
The consumer price statistics survey covers food, tobacco, alcohol, clothing, housing, daily necessities and services, transportation and communication, education, culture and entertainment, health care, other supplies and services, and 262 basic categories. Goods and services prices.
3. Survey method
The sampling survey method is used to determine the survey outlets. According to the principle of 'determination, fixed point, timing', people are sent directly to the survey outlets to collect the original price. The data comes from 500 cities and counties in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), 8.8 More than 10,000 price survey points, including shopping malls (shops), supermarkets, farmer's markets, service outlets and Internet e-commerce.