In February, food prices went up 2.69 percent from a year earlier, following a 0.56 percent drop in the preceding month. Among food prices, wheat recorded the largest increase (8.36 percent), followed by fruits (7.14 percent), cereals (6.09 percent), rice (4.40 percent) and milk (3.93 percent) and egg, meat & fish (3.79 percent). In contrast, cost fell for: onions (-18.85 percent), potatoes (-8.84 percent), vegetables (-8.05 percent) and pulses (-0.79 percent).
Cost of manufactured products increased by 3.66 percent, compared to a 3.99 percent rise in the previous month.
Petrol prices rose 16.72 percent year-on-year, following a 18.14 percent gain in January. Cost of diesel also increased by 33.14 percent, compared to a 31.10 percent rise in a month earlier.
On a monthly basis, wholesale prices went up 0.5 percent, compared to a 1.0 percent rise in the prior month.
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- Germany Inflation Rate Year-on-year, cost of goods as a whole rose 3.2 percent, following a 2.7 percent rise in the preceding month, mainly due to the rise in energy and food prices. Energy prices as a whole increased by 7.2 percent in February, following a 5.9 percent rise in January. Prices went up sharply for heating oil (43.8 percent), followed by motor fuels (15.6 percent) and electricity (1.6 percent). By contrast, cost fell for charges for central and district heating (-4.7 percent) and gas (-3.2 percent). Excluding energy prices, the inflation rate would have been 1.7 percent; and excluding the prices of mineral oil products,...
- Malaysia Unemployment Rate Year-on-year, prices increased at a faster pace for : recreation services & culture (+3.3 percent from +3.2 percent). Prices rose at a slower pace for : food & non-alcoholic beverages (+3.7 percent from +3.8 percent in November), alcoholic beverages & tobacco (+0.1 percent from +1.9 percent), education (+1.7 percent from +1.9 percent) and health (+2.4 percent from +2.5 percent). Prices steady for : housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels (2.1 percent); furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance (+1.4 percent); restaurants & hotels (+1.9 percent), and miscellaneous goods & services (+1.8 percent). In contrast, downward prices pressure came from: clothing...
- Philippines Producer Prices Change Producer prices in Philippines went up 2.0 percent year-on-year in January of 2017, compared to a downwardly revised 0.7 percent fall in December. It was the first increase in producer prices since September 2014, driven by a surge in cost of petroleum products (28.8 percent vs 6.3 percent in a month earlier). Also, cost increased for: miscellaneous manufactures (9.9 percent vs 6.1 percent) and machinery except electrical (5.4 percent vs -11.6 percent). In contrast, cost fell for: furniture and fixtures (-11.4 percent vs -19.7 percent), non-metallic mineral products (-6.6 percent vs 0.2 percent), chemical products (-5.3 percent vs -1.1 percent),...
- Italy Balance of Trade Year-on-year, exports rose 5.7 percent to €36.21 billion from €34.26 billion, boosted by higher sales of: Coke and refined petroleum products (21.8 percent); vehicles (21.3 percent); sport goods, games, musical instruments and other products (12.3 percent); substances and chemicals (11 percent); and base metals (9.7 percent). By contrast, exports fell for transport equipment (-17 percent). By main industrial groups, sales rose for: Energy (24.5 percent); intermediate goods (6.5 percent); capital goods (4.8 percent); and consumer goods (4.3 percent). The biggest increases in shipments were reported for China (20.9 percent); MERCOSUR countries (19.9 percent); Poland (19.1 percent); the US (12.1 percent);...
- Czech Republic Producer Prices Change
Producer prices in Czech Republic rose 3.1 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, following a 2.1 percent increase in January while market expectation of a 2.9 percent rise. It was the second rise in producer prices since December of 2013 and the highest increase since February 2012, mainly due to coke and refined petroleum products. Prices of energy went up 8.3 percent. Additional upward pressure came from cost of mining and quarrying (5.8 percent); water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation services (2.1 percent) and food products, beverages, tobacco (0.6 percent). In contrast, prices went down for...
- France Producer Prices Industrial producer prices for products sold on the French market rose 0.7 percent month-on-month in January of 2017, compared to a 0.9 percent rise in December. Cost went up at a slower pace for: coke and refined petroleum products (1.7 percent from 15.3 percent in the prior month) and manufactured products (0.4 percent from 0.9 percent). Prices increased more than in a month earlier for mining and quarrying, energy, water (1.8 percent from 0.6 percent; food products, beverages and tobacco (0.2 percent after remaining unchanged in the prior two months) and other manufactured products (0.5 percent from 0.2 percent). Year-on-year,...
- Ghana Inflation Rate Non-food inflation fell to 16.6 percent (18.2 percent in the previous month) as cost increased at slower pace for housing and utilities (4.4 percent from 20.2 percent), transport (24.6 percent from 27.2 percent) and health (18.2 percent from 18.5 percent). Additional upward pressure came from: education (25.1 percent from 23.4 percent), recreation and culture (24.4 percent from 20.3 percent), furnishings and household items (22.1 percent from 18.8 percent), clothing and footwear (18 percent from 16.4 percent), miscellaneous goods and services (15.9 percent from 14.7 percent), hotels, cafés and restaurants (13.3 percent from 13.7 percent), alcohol beverages and tobacco (13.7 percent...
- Indonesia Inflation Rate Consumer prices in Indonesia rose 3.45 percent year-on-year in June of 2016, compared to 3.33 percent in May and above market estimates of a 3.38 percent rise. Year-on-year, upward prices pressure came from: raw food (+7.77 percent in June from +7.75 percet in May), processed food (+6.16 percent from +6.13 percent), housing & utilities (+1.18 percent from +1.26 percent), clothing (+4.24 percent from +3.80 percent), health (+4.39 percent from +4.37 percent) and education (+3.59 from +3.63 percent). In contrast, cost of transport declined by 0.99 percent, following a 1.50 percent fall in May. Core inflation rose 3.49 percent from a...
- Portugal Producer Prices Change
Producer prices in Portugal rose 4 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, following an upwardly revised 3.7 percent increase in January. Producer inflation accelerated for the second month to the highest since November of 2012, mainly boosted by prices of energy (18.6 percent compared to 18.8 percent in January), intermediate goods (1.5 percent compared to 0.1 percent), non-durable goods (0.4 percent compared to 0.3 percent) and capital goods (0.3 percent compared to 0.1 percent). In contrast, cost of durable goods was flat (0.4 percent in January). On a monthly basis, producer prices declined 0.8 percent, following an...
- Sweden Producer Prices Change Producer prices in Sweden jumped 8.2 percent year-on-year in January of 2017, following a 6.5 percent rise in December. It is the highest producer inflation since October of 1995, mainly boosted by a 30.7 percent jump in cost of energy related goods (22.9 percent in December). Additional upward pressure came from intermediate goods (7 percent from 3.9 percent), consumer goods (4.1 percent from 3.2 percent) and capital goods (2.4 percent from 2.6 percent). Prices rose faster on the export market (10.6 percent from 8.1 percent in December) and the import market (11.3 percent from 7.8 percent), partially due to the...
- Vietnam Inflation Rate Consumer prices in Vietnam rose 2.28 percent year-on-year in May of 2016, following a 1.89 percent rise April. It is the highest figure since November 2014 as cost increased for most categories. Year-on-year, prices of food was up 2.36 percent; followed by beverages, tobacco (+2.37 percent); garments (+2.31 percent); housing & construction (+ 1.67 percent), medicine (+26.80 percent), education (+4.55 percent), culture & entertainment (+1.57 percent) and other goods and services (+2.23 percent). In contrast, cost declined for: transport (-9.76 percent) and posts and telecoms (-0.58 percent). Core inflation stood at 1.87 percent from a year earlier, accelerating from 1.76...
- Kenya Inflation Rate
Kenya Inflation Rate Highest Since May 2012
Consumer prices in Kenya jumped 10.28 percent year-on-year in March of 2017, following a 9.04 percent rise in the previous month. It was the highest inflation rate since May of 2012 mainly driven by increasing prices in food. Compared to March of 2016, prices rose faster for: food and non-alcoholic drinks (18.56 percent compared to 16.5 percent in February), housing and utilities (2.45 percent from 2.33 percent), transport (4.89 percent from 4.26 percent), furnishing and household equipment (3.1 percent from 3.04 percent), miscellaneous goods and services (3.64 percent from percent...
- Philippines Inflation Rate In February, upward price pressures came from: alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.0 percent from 5.6 percent in the prior month), clothing and footwear (2.8 percent from 2.8 percent), housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (2.9 percent from 1.8 percent), furnishing households equipment and routine maintenance (2.3 percent from 2.3 percent), health (2.6 percent from 2.6 percent), transport (2.8 percent from 2.4 percent), communication (0.2 percent from 0.1 percent), recreation and culture (1.8 percent from 1.9 percent), education (1.8 percent from 1.8 percent) and restaurants and miscellaneous goods and services (2.1 percent from 2.2 percent). Prices of heavily-weighted food and...
- Philippines Retail Price Index YoY
Retail prices in Philippines increased by 5.1 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, compared to a 4.4 percent rise in January. It was the highest gain since December 2008, as prices rose at a faster pace for most categories: crude materials, inedible except fuels (2 percent vs 1.3 percent); mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (19.4 percent vs 14.7 percent); beverages and tobacco (4.2 percent vs 3.3 percent); machinery and transport equipment (0.8 percent vs 0.6 percent); miscellaneous manufactured articles (0.8 percent vs 0.7 percent); food (9.7 percent vs 8.5 percent), and chemicals, including animal and vegetable...
- Malaysia Balance of Trade Malaysia Trade Surplus Widens In February Malaysia reported a MYR 8.7 billion trade surplus in February of 2017, compared to a MYR 7.35 billion surplus a year earlier and beating market consensus of a MYR 6.05 billion surplus. Year-on-year exports surged 26.5 percent to MYR 71.8 billion, following a 13.6 percent rise in January and beating market consensus of a 17.9 percent growth. Exports increase for the fourth straight month boosted by electrical & electronic products (22.4 percent to MYR 24.6 billion, 34.2 percent of total exports), palm oil and palm based products (62.8 percent to MYR 7.0 billion, 9.7...
- Chile Inflation Rate
Chile’s consumer prices increased 2.7 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, following a 2.8 percent rise in the previous month. Prices increased at a slower pace for housing and utilities (3.5 percent vs 4.5 percent in January), miscellaneous goods and services (4.1 percent vs 4.2 percent), furniture and household equipment (1.8 percent vs 2 percent) and restaurants and hotels (5.1 percent vs 5.5 percent). Also, the inflation rate was steady for education (4.9 percent). Meantime, cost went up faster for food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.5 percent vs 2.5 percent), transport (2.1 percent vs 1.2 percent) and health...
- United States Inflation Rate Year-on-year, energy prices jumped 10.8 percent, following a 5.4 percent rise in December. In addition, inflation accelerated for transportation services (3.2 percent from 2.8 percent in December) but eased for shelter (3.5 percent from 3.6 percent) and medical care (3.6 percent from 3.9 percent). Meanwhile, food prices declined 0.2 percent, the same as in December. Annual core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose to 2.3 percent from 2.2 percent in the previous month and beating expectations of 2.1 percent. On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 0.6 percent, higher than 0.3 percent in December and also above forecasts of...
- Slovenia Inflation Rate Consumer prices in Slovenia increased 2.2 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, compared with a 1.3 percent rise in the previous month. It is the highest inflation rate since August 2013, mainly driven by prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.6 percent vs 2.8 percent in January), namely vegetables, fruit and meat; and transport (4.3 percent vs 3.3 percent). Additional upward pressure came from: housing (2.9 percent vs 1.4 percent), recreation and culture (1.5 percent vs -0.9 percent), miscellaneous goods and services (1.9 percent vs 1.6 percent), restaurants and hotels (0.8 percent, the same as in prior month), health (0.9...
- Tanzania Inflation Rate
Tanzania Inflation Rate Rises To 5.5% In February
Consumer prices in Tanzania increased 5.5 percent year-on-year in February of 2017, following 5.2 percent rise in the previous month. It was the highest inflation rate since June of 2016 mainly boosted by rising prices for food. Compared with February of 2016, prices went up faster for food and non-alcoholic beverages (8.7 percent from 7.6 percent in January). Additional upward pressure came from: housing and utilities (8.7 percent from 9.5 percent); alcoholic beverages and tobacco (5.2 percent from 5. Percent); restaurants and hotels (3.9 percent, the same as in...
- Brunei Balance of Trade Brunei trade surplus decreased 41.5 percent year-on-year to BND 203.3 million in December of 2016 compared to a BND 347.7 million surplus a year earlier. Exports fell 23.7 percent, driven by lower sales of: mineral fuels (-27.7 percent), namely liquefied natural gas (-48.6 percent), and manufactured goods (-21.6 percent). Imports declined 4.5 percent due to lower purchases of: machinery and transport equipment (-11.5 percent); manufactured goods (-18.4 percent); miscellaneous manufactured articles (-7.2 percent); food (-3 percent) and crude materials inedible (-45.6 percent). Main export partners were Japan (30.6 percent of total exports); Malaysia (11.3 percent); China (11.1 percent). The highest...