On April 12, the Guangdong price index was released in March. The price of fresh vegetables decreased by 7.1% from 18.7% in February, and the price of fresh mushrooms decreased by 10.3%. However, affected by the fluctuation of international energy and precious metal prices, the prices of gasoline and diesel have increased to a certain extent. According to the data released by the Guangdong survey team of the National Bureau of statistics, the consumer price index (CPI) of Guangdong increased by 1.9% year-on-year and decreased by 0.3% month on month in March; From January to March, on average, consumer prices in Guangdong rose by 1.7% over the same period last year. In March, Guangdong Industrial producer price index (PPI) rose 4.5% year-on-year and 0.6% month on month; From January to March, Guangdong's PPI increased by 4.7% and IPI increased by 7.4% on average over the same period last year. CPI changed from up to down month on month In March, affected by the multi-point spread of domestic and provincial epidemics and the rise of international commodity prices, Guangdong's CPI changed from up to down month on month, and the year-on-year increase expanded. According to the data, from the month on month index, the CPI increased by 1.0% in February to decreased by 0.3%. Among them, food prices decreased by 2.4% month on month (MOM) from 4.1% in February, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.45 percentage points. In food, the price of fresh vegetables decreased from 18.7% in February to 7.1%, and the price of fresh bacteria decreased by 10.3%; The price of livestock meat decreased by 6.0%, among which, due to the decline of consumer demand and sufficient supply after the festival, the price of pork decreased by 8.1%, an increase of 6.6 percentage points over February, and the prices of other livestock meat and by-products and beef decreased by 9.7% and 3.0% respectively; The price of aquatic products decreased by 3.4% and the price of poultry decreased by 1.1%. Non food prices rose 0.2% month on month, down 0.1 percentage points from February, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.13 percentage points. According to expert analysis, affected by the fluctuation of international energy and precious metal prices, gasoline prices rose by 7.2%, diesel prices rose by 7.8%, LPG prices rose by 5.7%, gold jewelry prices rose by 6.1% and platinum jewelry prices rose by 2.0%. In addition, the fall in demand after the Spring Festival affected the fall in the prices of some services, the prices of other accommodation decreased by 13.1%, and the prices of film and performance tickets decreased by 7.9%. From the year-on-year index, CPI rose by 1.9%, 0.4 percentage points higher than that in February. Food prices fell by 1.2% year-on-year, 0.5 percentage points lower than that in February, affecting the decline of CPI by about 0.23 percentage points. In food, the price of livestock meat decreased by 25.4%, 0.8 percentage points lower than that in February, of which the price of pork decreased by 37.5%, and the price of other livestock meat and by-products decreased by 30.6%. Non food prices rose by 2.6% year-on-year, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over February. Among them, the prices of gasoline, diesel and LPG increased by 24.5%, 26.9% and 25.7% respectively. It is estimated that among the 1.9% year-on-year increase in CPI in Guangdong in March, the tail raising impact of price changes last year was about 0.6 percentage points, and the impact of new price increases was about 1.2 percentage points. The core CPI excluding food and energy prices rose 1.3% year-on-year, 0.1 percentage points higher than that in February. Energy prices rose 5.8% In March, due to the rise of international commodity prices and other factors, PPI increased month on month and fell year-on-year. From the chain index, PPI rose 0.6%, 0.2 percentage points higher than that in February. Among them, the price of means of production rose by 1.0%, 0.4 percentage points higher than that in February; The price of means of subsistence decreased by 0.2% from flat in February. From the perspective of specific industries, the prices of 38 industries surveyed by PPI were "20 up and 16 down and 2 flat" month on month, and the industry rose by 52.6%, 7.9 percentage points lower than that in February. According to expert analysis, geopolitics and other factors promoted the continuous rise of international commodity prices, affecting the price rise of petrochemical related industries in Guangdong by 3.3%, the price rise of electric power and heat production and supply industry by 1.4%, and the price rise of gas production and supply industry by 16.2%. The above three items together drove the PPI up by about 0.57 percentage points. In addition, energy prices rose by 5.8% in March, affecting more than 80% of the rise in PPI. Iron ore and other prices rose by 12.7%, and the prices of metal related industries rose by 0.9%. The prices of domestic feed, soybean oil and other agricultural and sideline products with soybean meal as raw materials generally rose, and the prices of agricultural and sideline food processing industry rose by 1.5%. From the year-on-year index, PPI rose by 4.5%, 0.4 percentage points lower than that in February. Among them, the price of means of production rose by 6.8%, 0.2 percentage points lower than that in February; The price of means of subsistence rose by 0.1%, 0.7 percentage points lower than that in February. (Xinhua News Agency)