Enterprisecommodity prices under surveillance of the PBC showed that general prices fellfor the first time by 0.3 percent on a month-on-month basis after last July,but rose by 9.4 percent from a year earlier in May.
Prices ofcapital goods fell by 0.5 percent compared with April, and rose by 9.4 percentfrom a year earlier. In particular, prices of capital goods for fixed assetsand non-fixed assets decreased month-on-month by 0.8 percent and 0.4 percent respectively,and rose by 5 percent and 10.6 percent respectively from a year earlier. Pricesof consumer goods increased by 0.1 percent from the previous month, or 9.5percent from a year earlier. In particular, prices of food products rose by 0.3percent and 16.1 percent respectively from the previous month and the sameperiod of last year; prices of non-food products fell by 0.1 percent comparedwith April, and increased by 3.6 percent from a year earlier. (See Table)