January CPI of Guangdong rose 5.1%

 Nanfang Daily News (Xinhua / Deng Honghui correspondent / golden) Survey Organization National Bureau of Statistics released yesterday, Guangdong survey data show that: 1 month, by New Year's Day, year-end spending has risen and continued cold weather and other factors, Guangdong, the consumer price level ( CPI) gains clear chain rose 1.5%, up 5.1% year on year, the biggest increase since the past 30 months, a new high.

1   CPI of Guangdong rose 1.5% qoq, or 1.2 percentage points last month to expand. Eight categories constitute the Food prices is to promote the ring increases the overall price level than the main factor. By continued cold weather, transportation costs increase, pre-holiday spending warming and other factors, food prices in January increased by 3.4% qoq, pulling the overall average increase of 1.1 percentage points, the total contribution rate of 72.5% rose. Specific look, fresh vegetable prices rose 19.7%, on food of the most significant. Class of service price inflation evident. Labor shortages before the Spring Festival, the labor cost has increased, domestic services prices rose 5.6%.

spring of transport prices, including ticket prices rose 10%, bus prices rose 9.4%.

1   CPI rose 5.1% in Guangdong, where food and housing prices continue to led the eight categories, an overall price level of the contribution rate of 88.2%. Food rose 10.3%, the biggest gain since August 2008 high of 1.8 percent expansion the previous month, rising to 16 in the class overall, of which price of meat and poultry (up 9.5%), the greatest impact on the overall index, pulling an overall index rose 0.7 percentage points. Sugar prices rose 31.7%, fresh fruit prices rose 25.7%, traditional Chinese medicine prices rose 22.6%, domestic services prices rose 20.2%. January CPI of Guangdong rose 5.1%

statistical experts pointed out that in January year on year increase was mainly due to hikes of expansion, according to estimates, hikes up to the January index of 3.5 percentage points, January 2011, the biggest factors affecting the new price increase of 1.6 percentage points.