Consumer price index for Abai region for February 2024

The consumer price index for the region, which characterizes the level of inflation, for February 2024 compared to the previous month amounted to 100.5%.

Consumer price index for the region for February 2024

as a percentage

	February 2024 to		January-February 2024, to January-February 2023
	January 2024	December 2023	January-February 2024, to January-February 2023
All products and services	100.5	101.7	109.5
Food products	100.5	102.2	108.7
Non-food products	100.3	100.6	107.8
Paid services	100.8	102.1	112.7

Among food products in February 2024 compared to January 2024, an increased in prices for eggs of the 1st category – by 5%, rice – by 2%, fruits and vegetables – by 1.7% (pears – by 2.2%, onions – by 0.4%), corn – by 1.4%, oats – by 1.2%, alcoholic drinks – by 1.1%, fish and seafood – by 1%, dairy products – by 0.5% (milk pasteurized – by 0.9%, cottage cheese (5-9%) – by 0.2%, hard cheese – by 0.1%), bakery products and cereals (premium wheat flour – by 1.4%, wheat bread from 1st grade flour – by 0.1%), pasta products – by 0.4%, semolina, confectionery products, tea, tobacco products – by 0.2%, pearl barley, granulated sugar – by 0.1%.
Buckwheat became cheaper – by 4.7%, sunflower oil – by 2.9%, white cabbage, carrots, potatoes – by 0.5%, apples, kefir (2,5%), unsalted butter – by 0.1%.
Of non-food products increased the price of pharmaceutical products - by 1.1%, clothing and footwear – by7%, materials for maintenance and repair of residential premises – by 0.2%, solid fuel – by 0.1%.
Prices for detergents and cleaning products decreased – by 3.2%, personal goods – by 0.7%.
For paid services, increased services of hairdressing salons and personal service establishments - by 5.3%, communication services – by 3%, outpatient services - by 3%, services for the maintenance of housing – by 1.4%.
Rental housing decreased – by 4.4%.

Methodological explanations

The consumer price index (CPI), which characterizes the level of inflation, shows the change in prices for goods and services purchased by the population for personal consumption. The set of goods and services includes 508 items. Prices are registered using a selective network of trade and service enterprises of various forms of ownership in the regional center and a certain circle of cities and district centers. The system of weights used for aggregation in terms of their expenses is calculated on the basis of household survey materials for the previous year. Since January 2022, when building the CPI, the share of food products is 40,7%, non–food products – 30,2%, paid services – 29,1%.

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