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The prices increased slightly. The consumer prices in 2014 went up by 2.0 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the prices for food went up by 3.1 percent. The prices for investment in fixed assets increased by 0.5 percent. The producer prices and the purchasing prices for manufactured goods were down by 1.9 percent and 2.2 percent respectively. The producer prices for farm products[8] were down by 0.2 percent.
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Table 2: Changes of Consumer Prices in 2014 |
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Unit: % |
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Item |
National Average |
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Urban |
Rural |
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General level of consumer prices |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
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Food |
3.1 |
3.3 |
2.6 |
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Tobacco, liquor and articles |
-0.6 |
-0.7 |
-0.5 |
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Clothing |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
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Household facilities, articles and maintenance services |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
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Medical, health and personal articles |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
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Transportation and telecommunications |
-0.1 |
-0.2 |
0.0 |
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Recreation, education, culture articles and services |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
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Housing |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
Out of the 70 large and medium-sized cities, the number of cities showed a year-on-year rise in sales prices of new commercial residential buildings in each month of the first half year was 69 and then decreased month by month in the second half. The number was 2 in December, whereas 68 cities experienced an annual decline.
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