Acceleration of food
pricesIn June 2021 and compared to last month, the Household Final Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose at a faster pace than last month (+0.3% after +0.1% in May 2021), mainly due to higher food prices (+1.1% after +0.1% in May 2021). The prices of “restaurants and hotels” fell (-0.2% after +0.5% last month), as did those of miscellaneous goods and services (-0.2% after +0.1% last month). The increase in food prices is the result of the rebound in the prices of fruit (+8.2% after -0.8% the previous month), fish and seafood (+2.2% after -3.9% the previous month) as well as bread and cereals (+2.0% after -1.4% the previous month). The prices of oils and fats (+1.1% after -1.6% in the previous month), vegetables (+0.9% after +5.2% in the previous month), as well as those of sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery (+0.5% after +0.1% in the previous month) also increased. The fall in the prices of “milk, cheese and eggs” is accentuated (-2.3% after -1.7% the previous month). Meat prices fell (-0.4% after +1.2% the previous month).
