This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The High Commission for Planning indicated that the indicative figure for consumer prices recorded an increase of 0.8 percent last November compared to the same month of 2023.
The Delegation explained, in its latest information note concerning the indicative figure of consumer prices for the month of November 2024, that this increase resulted from an increase in the prices of food products of 0.8 percent and prices non-food products by 0.7 percent. .
The same source highlights that the rates of change for non-food products varied between a decrease of 3.8 percent for “transport” and an increase of 3.6 percent for “housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels.
Compared to October 2024, the indicative consumer price figure decreased by 0.2 percent. This decrease results from a drop in the index for food products of 0.4 percent and a stability of the index for non-food products.
The declines in food products recorded between October and November 2024 include in particular the prices of “fruit” by 3.5 percent, “vegetables” by 1.1 percent, and “fish and seafood” by 0.8 percent. cent and “mineral waters, refreshing drinks”. and fruit and vegetable juices” by 0.6 percent.
Conversely, the prices of “oils and fats” increased by 1.3 percent, “milk, cheese and eggs” by 1.1 percent and “coffee, tea and cocoa” by 0.5 percent. hundred. With regard to non-food products, the reduction notably concerns the price of “fuel” of 1.5 percent.
The indicative figure recorded the most significant drops in Al Hoceima by 0.9 percent, in Safi by 0.8 percent, in Beni Mellal and Errachidia by 0.7 percent, in Tetouan, Tangier and Settat by 0, 6 percent, and in Marrakech 0.4 percent, in Oujda 0.3 percent, in Kenitra 0.2 percent and Casablanca and Meknes by 0.1 percent.
Increases were recorded in Laayoune and Dakhla of 0.5 percent, and in Agadir and Fez of 0.3 percent.
Thus, the core inflation index, which excludes items with specific prices and items with high volatility, increased in November 2024 by 0.2 percent compared to October 2024 and by 2.6 percent per year. report to November 2023.
