In February 2018, compared with the previous month, consumer prices decreased by 0,2% (of which goods – by 0,3% with the prices of services remaining at the same level). Compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, consumer prices increased by 1,4% (of which services – by 2,3% and goods – by 1,0%)


Consumer price indices in January and February 2018

SPECIFICATION I 2018* II 2018 I-II 2018
I 2017=
=100		 XII 2017=
=100		 II 2017=
=100		 XII 2017=
=100		 I 2018=
=100		 I-II 2017=
=100
TOTAL

101,9

100,3

101,4

100,1

99,8

101,6

Food and non-alcoholic beverages

104,8

101,2

103,4

100,8

99,6

104,1

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco

101,2

100,5

101,0

100,7

100,2

101,1

Clothing and footwear

95,5

96,1

95,8

94,7

98,5

95,6
Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels

102,1

100,3

102,1

100,4

100,1

102,1

Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance

100,3

100,5

100,5

100,7

100,2

100,4

Health

101,8

100,4

101,9

100,7

100,3

101,8

Transport

98,8

99,4

98,0

98,8

99,4

98,4

Communication

102,0

100,2

100,6

98,8

98,6

101,3

Recreation and culture

102,5

100,9

101,5

100,9

100,0

102,0

Education

102,1

100,3

102,1

100,3

100,1

102,1

Restaurants and hotels

103,0

100,4

103,0

100,5

100,2

103,0

Miscellaneous goods and services

99,9

99,8

100,1

100,2

100,4

100,0

* Data compiled after introducing the annually updated weighting system which is based on the structure of households’ expenditure (excluding own consumption) from the year preceding the surveyed year.



Annual update of the weighting system

Statistics Poland, similarly to previous years, in February of the current year carried out an update of the weighting system used in the compilations of consumer price index. The weighting system is based on the structure of households’ expenditures on purchasing consumer goods and services from the year preceding the surveyed year, obtained from the household budget survey. In the light of these surveys, there have been differences in the consumption expenditures of households in 2017 for particular groups being significant in the consumption structure.

There was an increase in the share of expenditures, among others, for Restaurants and hotels, Health, Transport, Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance and Food and non-alcoholic beverages. There was a decrease in the share of expenditures, among others, for Communication and Clothing and footwear. Therefore, a different impact of price changes in particular groups on the total consumer price index have been observed, than recorded for the compilations of preliminary data for January of the current year. In January of the current year, compared with January of the previous year, consumer prices increased by 1,9% and were at comparable level to the preliminarily estimated increase. According to final data, consumer price index for January of the current year, compared with the previous month, did not change against the preliminarily estimated (price increase of 0,3%).