This increase is due to the rise in the index of food products of 4.3% and that of non-food products of 2.3%, explained the HCP in an information note on the CPI for January 2022.
For non-food products, the variations range from a decrease of 0.2% in "communication" to an increase of 5.9% in "Transport", added the same source.
Compared to December 2021, the CPI has experienced, during January 2022, a stagnation resulting from the decline of 0.1% in the index of food products and the rise of 0.1% in the index of non-food products.
The increases in food products observed between December 2021 and January 2022 concern mainly "bread and cereals" with 1.9%, "oils and fats" (0.8%) and "mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit juices and vegetables" (0.3%), noted the HCP, adding that, on the other hand, prices have decreased by 4.4% for "vegetables", 0.6% for "meat" and 0.5% for "Fruit".
For non-food products, the increase was mainly recorded in the prices of "tobacco" with 3.5% and "fuel" with 1.1%.
Under these conditions, the core inflation indicator, which excludes products with volatile prices and products with public tariffs, would have increased during January 2022 by 0.3% compared to December 2021 and by 3.2% compared to January 2021.