September 4, 2023

Consumer Price Index in Türkiye, August 2023

Consumer price index (CPI) realized as 58.94% annually and 9.09% monthly

A change in general index was realized in CPI (2003=100) on the previous month by 9.09%, on December of the previous year by 43.06%, on same month of the previous year by 58.94% and on the twelve months moving averages basis by 56.28% in August 2023.

Rate of changes in CPI (%), August 2023

Annual rate of changes in CPI (%), August 2023

Housing with 24.97% was the main group that indicated the lowest annual increase. On the other hand, hotels, cafes and restaurants with 89.31% was the main group where the highest annual increase realized.

CPI annual rate of changes in main groups (%), August 2023

In August 2023, education with 3.11% was the main group that indicated the lowest monthly increase. On the other hand, transportation with 16.61% was the main group where the highest monthly increase realized (indices, weights and rate of changes (%) by main expenditure groups are given in the Table-1).

CPI monthly rate of changes in main groups (%), August 2023

In August 2023, within indices of 143 basic headings (Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose-COICOP 5 Digit Level) in the index, the index of 1 basic heading decreased and the index of 4 basic headings remained unchanged while the index of 138 basic headings increased.

The indicator for CPI having specified coverage (B) increased by 63.52% annually and 9.32% monthly

A change in CPI excluding unprocessed food, energy, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and gold was realized in CPI (2003=100) on the previous month by 9.32%, on December of the previous year by 47.21%, on same month of the previous year by 63.52% and on the twelve months moving averages basis by 57.77% in August 2023.

Indicators for the CPIs having specified coverages (%), August 2023

The next release on this subject will be on October 03, 2023.


Source: Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)
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