济南10月份居民消费价格同比上涨0.2%

Price Changes Overview - In October, the prices of eight major categories showed a "four increases and four decreases" trend year-on-year. Categories that increased include other goods and services (up 16.6%), healthcare (up 3.2%), daily necessities and services (up 3.0%), and clothing (up 0.8%). Categories that decreased include transportation and communication (down 1.6%), food, tobacco, and alcohol (down 1.4%), education, culture, and entertainment (down 1.0%), and housing (down 0.9%) [2] Food Price Changes - Within the food category, significant price changes were noted: pork decreased by 19.2%, eggs by 14.9%, cooking oil by 4.2%, fresh fruits by 2.9%, dairy products by 2.8%, poultry by 2.2%, and fresh vegetables by 1.2%. Conversely, beef increased by 13.0%, tubers by 10.4%, grains by 1.8%, and seafood by 0.1% [2] Month-on-Month Price Changes - In October, the month-on-month price changes for the eight major categories showed a "three increases and five decreases" trend. Categories that increased include other goods and services (up 3.7%), food, tobacco, and alcohol (up 1.0%), and clothing (up 0.1%). Categories that decreased include education, culture, and entertainment (down 0.5%), transportation and communication (down 0.3%), housing (down 0.3%), healthcare (down 0.2%), and daily necessities and services (down 0.2%) [3] Food Month-on-Month Changes - In the food category, month-on-month changes included fresh vegetables increasing by 8.0%, fresh fruits by 4.6%, tubers by 3.7%, beef by 1.5%, grains by 0.6%, and poultry by 0.1%. On the other hand, eggs decreased by 4.0%, pork by 2.6%, cooking oil by 0.5%, seafood by 0.3%, and dairy products by 0.1% [3]