The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the price movements of goods and services consumed at home, continues to rise.
A private think tank has analyzed that the rate of increase in the index excluding fresh food could reach 4% in December or January last year.
The consumer price index for November last year, released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications last month, was the highest in 40 years and 11 months, excluding fresh food, which fluctuates greatly depending on the weather. rice field.
The consumer price index for December last year will be released on the 20th of this month, and January 24th.
Regarding this, the private think tank "Dai-Ichi Life Economic Research Institute" said that the increase rate of the index excluding fresh food could reach 4% because the price of food and other items continued to rise in December or January last year. I am analyzing that there is a possibility.
In addition, while there is a possibility that there will be a rush to raise the prices of food and beverages in February, we expect the rate of increase to slow as the government eases the burden of electricity and gas bills.
On top of that, it is predicted that the rate of increase in the consumer price index for this year will slow down after peaking in January, due to factors such as the stabilization of resource prices and the slowdown of the yen's depreciation. doing.
Yoshitaka Shinya, senior executive economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, said, "Even if the rate of increase slows down, prices will continue to rise. Attention will be paid to how far wage increases will spread in this year's spring labor offensive." I'm talking to