In July, food, tobacco & alcohol and catering away from home prices were flat month-on-month. Within food, meat prices rose 1.9% MoM, adding about 0.07 percentage point to CPI; pork rose 4.1%. Fresh vegetables rose 1.3% MoM, adding ~0.02 ppt to CPI;

2026-08-09

In July, food, tobacco & alcohol and catering away from home prices were flat month-on-month. Within food, meat prices rose 1.9% MoM, adding about 0.07 percentage point to CPI; pork rose 4.1%. Fresh vegetables rose 1.3% MoM, adding ~0.02 ppt to CPI; fresh fruit fell 3.8% MoM, subtracting ~0.07 ppt; eggs fell 1.7% MoM, subtracting ~0.01 ppt. Of the seven other major categories, education, culture & recreation, medical & healthcare, and household goods & services rose 1.0%, 0.8% and 0.4% MoM respectively; housing and other goods & services were unchanged; transport & communication fell 2.2% and clothing fell 0.4% MoM.