Recently, vegetable prices rose sharply and pressured March CPI

"Shallot 5 yuan a catty, an ordinary size to about 3 yuan, 10 dollars can only buy 3 onions." Nearly a week, Beijing and other places continued to soaring prices of green onions, so that she lives in Changping District, near the water bridge Liu Can not help but begin to complain to the "Daily Economic News" reporter.

The above phenomenon is not a single case, and vegetable prices have generally risen recently. Mr. Luo, who lives in Hepingli, told reporters that he had bought 3 tomatoes, 3 onions, and 1 tofu from the vegetable market and spent 16 yuan.

According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Commerce, the wholesale price of 18 kinds of vegetables rose by 2.6% from the previous week because low temperature weather affected the amount of vegetables listed. Among them, Chinese cabbage, white radish and green pepper rose 14.5%, 11.3% and 6.9% respectively. The wholesale prices of 8 kinds of aquatic products rose by 1%, and the retail prices of grain and oil were operating smoothly. The price of meat was mainly reduced. The price of pork dropped for 6 consecutive weeks, which was 0.8% lower than the previous week.

According to the latest statistics from a mutian data center, the price of onion on the wholesale market of agricultural and sideline products in Beijing Fairview reached 7.50 yuan/kg, an increase of 70.45%. In the same period from March 6 to 13, the average price of Chinese green onions also rose by about 78%, from 2.69 yuan/kg to 4.79 yuan/kg. According to statistics, over 30 tons of green onions per truck last year sold for only 2,000 yuan, only a few cents per catty.

Will the rebound in vegetable prices pressure CPI again? Analysts still have concerns about this. According to Ma Guangyuan, a doctor of economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a sharp drop in the CPI in February does not mean that inflation is long gone.

Xu Dongshi, an analyst at Macro Securities of Galaxy Securities, told the "Daily Economic News." "The rebound in vegetable prices will undoubtedly put pressure on the CPI in March. It is expected that the CPI increase in March should be 0.2 to 0.3 percentage point."

According to the latest research report from Galaxy Securities, the tail tilt effect was about 3.4% in March. For the observation of the price trend in the first week of March, there is a higher probability of positive fluctuations in the CPI cycle in March.

Orient Securities believes that although the trend of food prices in recent weeks shows that there is still some upward pressure on prices, before the third quarter, the overall CPI will continue to be a downward trend, and the annual adjustment targets can be achieved.