Statistics Bureau: In August, The Consumer Price Level Rose 6.2% Year-On-Year.

National Bureau of statistics released today

In August 2011, the national consumer price level rose 6.2% year-on-year.

Among them, cities rose 5.9%, rural areas rose 6.7%, food prices rose 13.4%, non food prices rose 3%, consumer goods prices rose 7.3%, and services prices rose 3.4%.

The national consumer price level rose 0.3%.

Among them, cities rose by 0.3%, rural areas rose 0.3%, food prices rose by 0.6%, non food prices rose by 0.2%, and consumer prices rose.

1. The year-on-year changes in prices of various commodities.

Food prices rose by 13.4% over the same period last year, affecting the overall price level by about 4.02 percentage points.

Among them, grain prices rose 12.2%, affecting the total price level rose by about 0.33 percentage points; meat and poultry products and their products rose by 29.3%, affecting the general price level rose by 1.89 percentage points (pork prices rose 45.5%, affecting the overall price level rose by 1.27 percentage points); egg prices rose 16.3%, affecting the overall price level rose by 0.14 percentage points; aquatic products prices rose 14.7%, affecting the overall price level rose by about 0.33 percentage points; vegetable prices rose 0.1%; fresh fruit prices rose, affecting the overall price level rose by about percentage points; oil prices rose, affecting the overall price level rose by about 1%.

The prices of tobacco and liquor increased by 2.9% over the same period last year.

Among them, tobacco prices rose 0.3%, liquor prices rose by 6.8%.

Clothing prices rose by 2.9% over the same period last year.

Among them,

The prices of household appliances and maintenance services increased by 2.8% over the same period last year.

Among them, the price of durable consumer goods rose by 0.7%, and the price of family services and processing and maintenance services increased by 11.6%.

Health care and personal goods prices rose by 4.1% over the same period last year.

Among them, the price of Western medicine dropped by 0.4%, the prices of Chinese herbal medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines increased by 14.2%, and the prices of medical and health services increased by 0.5%.

Traffic and communications prices rose 1% compared to the same period last year.

Among them, the pport price dropped by 0.7%, vehicle fuel and spare parts prices increased by 14.9%, vehicle use and maintenance prices increased by 4.5%, inter city traffic charges increased by 3.1%, urban public pport fees rose by 2.6%, and communications tool prices dropped by 13%.

The prices of entertainment, education, stationery and services increased by 0.4% over the same period last year.

Among them, education prices rose by 1.6%, entertainment and entertainment prices increased by 1.6%, tourism prices rose by 2.9%, and prices of recreational and consumer goods and services declined by 6.7%.

Residential prices rose 5.5% over the same period.

Among them, water, electricity, fuel prices rose 4.4%, building and decoration materials prices rose 5.5%, housing rental prices rose 3.8%.

It is estimated that in the 6.2% increase in August, the price rise factor last year was about 2.7 percentage points, and the new price increase factor is about 3.5 percentage points this year.

Two. The fluctuation of commodity prices.

In August, the price of food increased by 0.6%, which affected the general price level by about 0.19 percentage points.

Among them, the price of meat and poultry and its products increased by 1.5%, a decrease of 3.2 percentage points from the increase in July (the price of pork rose by 1.3%, a decrease of 6.4 percentage points over that of July); the price of eggs rose by 4.4%, an increase of 3.6 percentage points over that of July; the price of oil rose by 2.1%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points over that of July, and the above three factors affected the total level of consumer price increase by about 0.18 percentage points.

The price of fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and aquatic products decreased by 0.2%, 4.1% and 0.7% respectively, which affected the total consumer price level by 0.09 percentage points.

In August, non food prices rose by 0.2%, affecting the total level of consumer prices around 0.12 percentage points.

Among them, prices of tobacco and alcohol, household appliances and maintenance services, medical and health care and personal products, entertainment, education, cultural products and services, living and other categories rose by 0.2%, 0.2%, 0.6%, 0.1% and 0.2% respectively, and clothing prices decreased by 0.1% compared to the same month.