March 3, 2023
Consumer Price Index in Türkiye, February 2023
Consumer price index (CPI) realized as 55.18% annually and 3.15% monthly
A change in general index was realized in CPI (2003=100) on the previous month by 3.15%, on December of the previous year by 10.00%, on same month of the previous year by 55.18% and on the twelve months moving averages basis by 71.83% in February 2023.
Annual rate of changes in CPI (%), February 2023
Clothing and footwear with 21.69% was the main group that indicated the lowest annual increase. On the other hand, hotels, cafes and restaurants with 74.34% was the main group where the highest annual increase realized.
CPI annual rate of changes in main groups (%), February 2023
In February 2023, clothing and footwear with -1.76% was the main group that indicated the lowest monthly increase. On the other hand, food and non-alcoholic beverages with 7.36% was the main group where the highest monthly increase realized (indices, weights and rate of changes (%) by main expenditure groups are given in the Table-1).
CPI monthly rate of changes in main groups (%), February 2023
In February 2023, within indices of 143 basic headings (Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose-COICOP 5 Digit Level) in the index, the index of 23 basic headings decreased and the index of 3 basic headings remained unchanged while the index of 117 basic headings increased.
The indicator for CPI having specified coverage (B) increased by 55.16% annually and 2.62% monthly
A change in CPI excluding unprocessed food, energy, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and gold was realized in CPI (2003=100) on the previous month by 2.62%, on December of the previous year by 9.87%, on same month of the previous year by 55.16% and on the twelve months moving averages basis by 64.10% in February 2023.
The next release on this subject will be on April 03, 2023.
Source: Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)
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