China News Service, July 9, according to the National Bureau of Statistics website, in June 2020, national consumer prices rose by 2.5% year-on-year. Among them, urban prices rose 2.2%, rural areas rose 3.2%; food prices rose 11.1%, non-food prices rose 0.3%; consumer goods prices rose 3.5%, and service prices rose 0.7%. In the first half of the year, national consumer prices rose by 3.8% over the same period last year.
In June, national consumer prices fell by 0.1% month-on-month. Among them, cities fell by 0.1%, while rural areas remained unchanged; food prices rose by 0.2%, and non-food prices fell by 0.1%; consumer goods prices remained flat, and service prices fell by 0.1%.
1. The year-on-year changes in the prices of various goods and services
In June, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 8.8% year-on-year, affecting the CPI (Consumer Price Index) to increase by about 2.64 percentage points. In food, the price of livestock meat increased by 57.4%, affecting CPI by about 2.61 percentage points, of which pork price increased by 81.6%, affecting CPI by about 2.05 percentage points; the price of aquatic products rose by 4.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.09 percentage points; fresh vegetables Prices rose 4.2%, affecting CPI by about 0.10 percentage points; food prices rose 1.6%, affecting CPI by about 0.03 percentage points; fresh fruit prices fell by 29.0%, affecting CPI by about 0.67 percentage points; egg prices fell by 13.6%, affecting CPI It dropped by about 0.08 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories rose three times, leveled off and fell three times. Among them, the prices of other supplies and services rose by 5.1%, and the prices of education, culture, entertainment, and healthcare increased by 1.9%; the prices of daily necessities and services were flat; the prices of transportation, communications, housing, and clothing dropped by 4.6%, 0.6%, and 0.4%, respectively.
Second, the chain price changes of various goods and services
In June, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 0.1% month-on-month, affecting the CPI by about 0.04 percentage points. In food, the price of fresh vegetables rose by 2.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.07 percentage points; the price of livestock meat rose by 2.2%, affecting CPI by about 0.15 percentage points, of which pork prices rose by 3.6%, affecting CPI by about 0.15 percentage points; fresh fruit prices A decrease of 7.6% affects CPI by about 0.13 percentage points; egg prices drop by 3.7%, which affects CPI by about 0.02 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories increased one level, one leveled and five decreased month-on-month. Among them, the prices of other supplies and services rose by 0.4%; the prices of medical and health care remained unchanged; the prices of transportation and communications, education, culture and entertainment all declined by 0.3%, the prices of clothing and residence decreased by 0.2%, and the prices of daily necessities and services fell by 0.1%.