Chinanews.com, January 12 (Xinhua) According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 12th, in December 2022, the national consumer price rose by 1.8% year-on-year.
Among them, the city rose by 1.8%, and the rural area rose by 1.8%; food prices rose by 4.8%, non-food prices rose by 1.1%; consumer goods prices rose by 2.6%, and service prices rose by 0.6%.
In December, the national consumer prices were flat month-on-month.
Among them, the prices in urban areas remained the same, while those in rural areas decreased by 0.2 percent; food prices increased by 0.5 percent, and non-food prices decreased by 0.2 percent; consumer goods prices decreased by 0.1 percent, and service prices increased by 0.1 percent.
In the whole year of 2022, the national consumer price will increase by 2.0% compared with the previous year.
Picture from the website of the National Bureau of Statistics
Year-on-year changes in prices of various commodities and services
In December, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 3.7% year-on-year, which affected the CPI (consumer price index) to rise by about 1.05 percentage points.
In food, the price of livestock meat rose by 11.6%, which affected the increase of CPI by about 0.38 percentage points. Among them, the price of pork rose by 22.2%, which affected the increase of CPI by about 0.31 percentage point; the price of fresh fruit increased by 11.0%, which affected the increase of CPI by about 0.21 percentage point; the price of eggs The price of aquatic products increased by 3.4%, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.06 percentage points; the price of grain increased by 2.6%, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.05 percentage points; the price of fresh vegetables fell by 8.0%, affecting the increase of CPI decreased by about 0.18 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories rose six and one fell year-on-year.
Among them, the prices of transportation and communication, other goods and services, daily necessities and services rose by 2.8%, 2.8% and 1.5% respectively; the prices of education, culture and entertainment, medical care and clothing rose by 1.4%, 0.6% and 0.5% respectively; housing prices fell by 0.2% %.
Quarter-on-quarter changes in prices of various commodities and services
In December, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 0.4% month-on-month, which affected the increase of CPI by about 0.10 percentage points.
In food, the price of fresh vegetables rose by 7.0%, which affected the CPI by about 0.14 percentage points; the price of fresh fruits rose by 4.7%, which affected the CPI by about 0.09 percentage points; the price of aquatic products rose by 0.4%, which affected the CPI by about 0.01 percentage points; the price of livestock meat A decrease of 4.6 percent affected the CPI by about 0.17 percentage points, of which pork prices fell by 8.7 percent, affecting the CPI by about 0.16 percentage points; egg prices fell by 2.1 percent, affecting the CPI by about 0.02 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven major categories rose four times, leveled and dropped two month-on-month.
Among them, the prices of other articles and services, daily necessities and services increased by 0.4% and 0.3% respectively, and the prices of clothing, education, culture and entertainment all increased by 0.1%; the prices of medical care remained flat; the prices of transportation and communication and housing decreased by 1.4% and 0.1% respectively.
(China New Finance and Economics)