7/16/2023 0 Comments Cost of living increase 2022The consumer price index can be determined as a hundred times the ratio between the observed prices of a range of goods and services at a given time and the prices of the same goods and services, observed under the same circumstances during the reference period, chosen as basis for comparison. Moreover, this difference in the price level is not measured in absolute, but in relative terms. The index does not necessarily measure the price level of this basket for a specific period of time, but rather the fluctuation between two periods, the first one acting as basis for comparison. The consumer price index is an economic indicator whose main task is to objectively reflect the price evolution over time for a basket of goods and services purchased by households and considered representative of their consumer habits. Inflation for meat amounts to 13.8% this month compared to 4.8% in April 2022. For bread and cereals, inflation stands at 17.2% this month compared to 8.2% in April last year. Inflation for dairy products amounts to 26.2% this month compared to 5.8% in April 2022. For fish, inflation is now 15.5% compared to 6.8% in April 2022. Inflation for oils stands this month at 24.4%. In particular, inflation for oils, fish, dairy products, bread and cereals and meat has sharply increased in the last year. This inflation has increased sharply in the recent year. Food inflation (including alcoholic beverages) now stands at 16.64% compared to 17.02% last month. Inflation for rents has increased to 6.22% from 6.11%. Inflation for services has decreased to 6.80% down from 7.06%. Motor fuels cost 4.6% less than in April last year and increased by 2.1% this month compared to the previous month. Prices for domestic heating oil, calculated based on a smoothed 12-month moving average, have increased by 38.0% in a year. Compared to last month, prices for natural gas decreased by 32.7% and those for electricity by 18.5%. For natural gas, it went from -45.6% last month to -62.1% this month. For electricity, inflation is currently at -20.4% compared to -2.3% last month. It now stands at -17.08%, compared to -10.11% last month and 7.93% in February. With regard to energy, we see a new significant decrease in inflation this month. Monthly evolution VAT-registered enterprises, 30 days by activity.DataLab: provisional population figures on.Turnover in the services sector (according to VAT returns).Inland water transport ("Waterborne transport").Environmental protection expenditure of enterprises.Economic indicators of the environmental sector.An overview of Belgian wages and salaries.Statistics on the number of VAT units (monthly).Survivals of VAT-registered enterprises.Migrations of VAT-registered enterprises.High-growth enterprises in the market sector.Demography of employers in the market sector.Demography of enterprises in the market sector. ![]() ![]() Mortality, Life expectancy and causes of death.Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).
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