China News Service, March 10th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in February 2020, consumer prices nationwide rose by 5.2% year-on-year. Among them, cities rose 4.8%, rural areas rose 6.3%; food prices rose 21.9%, non-food prices rose 0.9%; consumer goods prices rose 7.9%, and service prices rose 0.6%. On average from January to February, the national consumer price rose by 5.3% over the same period last year.
In February, the national consumer price rose 0.8% month-on-month. Among them, cities rose 0.8%, rural areas rose 0.9%; food prices rose 4.3%, non-food prices fell 0.2%; consumer goods prices rose 1.4%, and service prices fell 0.2%.
Year-on-year changes in prices of various goods and services
In February, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 16.0% year-on-year, which affected the CPI (residential consumer price index) by approximately 4.84 percentage points. In food, the price of livestock meat increased by 87.6%, which affected the CPI by approximately 3.85 percentage points, of which the price of pork increased by 135.2%, which affected the CPI by approximately 3.19 percentage points; the price of fresh vegetables increased by 10.9%, which affected the CPI by approximately 0.33 percentage points; aquatic products The price increase of 2.8% affects the CPI increase by about 0.05 percentage points; the egg price increase of 1.0% affects the CPI increase of approximately 0.01 percentage points; the food price increase of 0.7% affects the CPI increase of approximately 0.01 percentage points; the fresh fruit price decreases of 5.6% and affects the CPI A decrease of about 0.11 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories increased by six year-on-year and decreased. Among them, the prices of other supplies and services, medical care, education, culture and entertainment increased by 4.4%, 2.2%, and 1.0%, and the prices of clothing, living, daily necessities and services increased by 0.5%, 0.3%, and 0.1%, respectively; transportation and communications prices Down 1.6%.
Changes in the prices of various goods and services from the previous month
In February, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 3.0% month-on-month, which affected the CPI by about 0.99 percentage points. In food, the price of fresh vegetables increased by 9.5%, which affected the CPI by about 0.28 percentage points; the price of livestock meat increased by 7.1%, which affected the CPI by about 0.53 percentage points, of which the price of pork increased by 9.3%, which affected the CPI by about 0.45 percentage points; the price of fresh fruits A 4.8% increase affects the CPI increase by about 0.08 percentage point; a 3.0% increase in the price of aquatic products affects the CPI increase by approximately 0.05 percentage point; the egg price decreases by 5.8%, which affects the CPI decrease by approximately 0.04 percentage point.
The prices of the other seven categories were up, down, and down. Among them, the price of medical care increased by 0.1%; the price of education, culture and entertainment remained unchanged; the prices of transportation and communications, clothing, other supplies and services fell by 1.5%, 0.3%, and 0.2%, respectively, and the prices of housing, daily necessities and services fell by 0.1%.