Price index: if Shenzhen is 1, what is Hangzhou? Thanks!

Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, according to the Yangtze River Delta network exchange information analysis results: 2006, the Yangtze River Delta consumer price index overall running smoothly, quarterly index fluctuations are not big, the annual average index of 16 cities is 101.4, compared with the 2005 annual price increases have fallen. From the operation of the index, the price situation in the Yangtze River Delta region in 2006 showed the following five characteristics:

I. Quarterly fluctuations in the index were not significant

In 2006, the average total price level in the Yangtze River Delta region rose moderately, and the total index remained stable, but the rate of increase in the latter part of the year was significantly stronger. In terms of the annual sub-quarterly indices: 101.4 in the first quarter, 101.3 in the second quarter, 101.2 in the third quarter, and 101.6 in the fourth quarter; the average for the 16 cities for the whole year was 101.4, with the total price level rising by 1.4 percentage points compared with that of last year.

Second, the index of eight categories of commodities "five rose and three fell"

In 2006, the consumer price level in the Yangtze River Delta region further slowed down the rate of increase, down 0.3 percentage points from 2005. Among them, the rise over 2005 were: 104.7 for housing, 102.4 for food, 101.6 for household equipment and maintenance services, 101.2 for health care and personal goods, and 100.1 for tobacco, alcohol and supplies; and the decline was 99.9 for clothing, 99.2 for transportation and communication, and 99.1 for recreation, education, cultural goods and services.

Third, Jiangsu Index higher than Zhejiang, Shanghai

From the annual situation, the average of 16 cities is 101.4, of which: eight cities in Jiangsu is 101.6, seven cities in Zhejiang is 101.1, Shanghai is 101.2; Jiangsu than Zhejiang is 0.5 percentage points higher than Shanghai is 0.4 percentage points higher. 16 cities, the price index is higher than the average level of: Ningbo 101.9, Changzhou 101.8, Nanjing 101.7, Zhenjiang 101.7, Wuxi 101.7, Nantong 101.7, Suzhou 101.6, Zhoushan 101.6, Yangzhou 101.5; below average: Taizhou 101.3, Shanghai 101.2, Hangzhou 101.2, Jiaxing 101.2, Taizhou 100.2, Huzhou 100.0; Shaoxing's index is in line with the average index . In terms of regional distribution, high index cities are relatively concentrated in eight cities in Jiangsu, while low index cities are relatively concentrated in six cities in Zhejiang. From the eight categories of commodity index situation, Jiangsu is higher than Zhejiang, there are four categories: food high 1.1, clothing high 2.3, health care and personal goods high 0.3, entertainment, education and cultural goods and services high 0.6; Zhejiang is higher than Jiangsu, there are four categories: tobacco, alcohol and supplies high 1.2, household equipment, supplies and maintenance services, high 0.5, transportation and communication high 0.5, high 0.3 residential category.

Fourth, the price level of food is still the main reason affecting the index

Fifth, a variety of factors to push up the index of the housing category

In 2006, the price index of the housing category in the Yangtze River Delta region continued to maintain a relatively high rate of increase, reaching 104.7 for the whole year, of which 102.9 in Shanghai, 104.7 in the eight cities of Jiangsu and 105.0 in the seven cities of Zhejiang.

Since the second quarter of 2005, the housing index has been rising for seven consecutive years, and the index of the housing category has been rising for seven consecutive years. Since the second quarter of 2005, the residential category has been ranked first among the eight categories for seven consecutive quarters.

From the perspective of price trends in 2006, the factors that drive and constrain price increases in 2007 coexisted simultaneously. Food and oil prices are unlikely to fluctuate significantly in the long term, industrial consumer goods with product updates, technological advances, as well as the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization, homogeneous products, the price of little room for price increases. Resource-consuming products, services, as well as some public utility charges still have the possibility of long-term strength. In general, if no major natural disasters and emergencies, macro-control policies without major adjustments, in 2007, the Yangtze River Delta region price level will not appear big fluctuations, will continue to maintain a moderate upward trend.