China News Service, September 9th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in August 2021, the national consumer prices rose by 0.8% year-on-year.
Among them, urban prices rose by 1.0%, rural areas rose by 0.3%; food prices fell by 4.1%, non-food prices rose by 1.9%; consumer goods prices rose by 0.3%, and service prices rose by 1.5%.
On average from January to August, national consumer prices rose by 0.6% over the same period last year.
In August, the national consumer prices rose by 0.1% month-on-month.
Among them, urban prices rose by 0.1%, rural areas rose by 0.2%; food prices rose by 0.8%, non-food prices fell by 0.1%; consumer goods prices rose by 0.2%, and service prices remained flat.
1. Year-on-year changes in prices of various goods and services
In August, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol dropped by 2.0% year-on-year, affecting the CPI (Consumer Price Index) by about 0.58 percentage points.
In food, the price of livestock and meat dropped by 27.1%, which affected the CPI by about 1.20%, of which the price of pork fell by 44.9%, which affected the CPI by about 1.09%; the price of fresh vegetables fell by 1.5%, which affected the CPI by about 0.03%; eggs The price increase of 13.9% affects the CPI increase by about 0.08%; the price of aquatic products increases by 11.7%, which affects the CPI increase by about 0.21%; the price of fresh fruits increases by 5.0%, which affects the CPI increase by about 0.08%; the price of food increases by 0.8%, which affects the CPI An increase of about 0.01 percentage point.
The prices of the other seven categories rose six years and one fell year-on-year.
Among them, the prices of transportation, communication, education, culture and entertainment, and housing rose by 5.9%, 3.0%, and 1.1% respectively; the prices of daily necessities and services, clothing, and medical care rose by 0.6%, 0.5%, and 0.4%; the prices of other supplies and services fell by 3.9%. %.
2. The month-on-month changes in the prices of various goods and services
In August, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 0.5% month-on-month, which affected the CPI increase by approximately 0.15 percentage points.
In food, the price of fresh vegetables increased by 8.6%, which affected the increase of CPI by approximately 0.16%; the price of eggs increased by 7.3%, which affected the increase of CPI by approximately 0.05%; the price of aquatic products fell by 2.3%, which affected the decrease of CPI by approximately 0.05%; The price drop of 0.9% affects the CPI drop by about 0.03 percentage points, of which the pork price drops by 1.4%, which affects the CPI drop by about 0.02%; the price of fresh fruits drops by 0.4%, which affects the CPI drop by about 0.01%.
The prices of the other seven categories rose by two quarters and fell three quarters.
Among them, the prices of housing and daily necessities and services all rose by 0.1%; the prices of education, culture, entertainment, and medical care were all flat; the prices of other supplies and services, transportation and communications, and clothing fell by 0.9%, 0.6%, and 0.1%, respectively.