Africa-Press – Mauritius. You always go up. ” This phrase, which punctuates conversations in queues at supermarket checkouts, was confirmed by Statistics Mauritius this week. In the Consumer Price Index report for the third quarter of 2021, it was found that everything, including dying, costs more than in June.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), calculated every three months by Statistics Mauritius, calculates inflation through changes in the prices of products widely consumed by the public between two periods.
So while in June the CPI stood at 111.4 points, it rose to 111.7 in September. As a reminder, each month, the prices of 1,093 non-perishable items are collected from 520 stores.
As for vegetables, fruits and meat, prices are collected on a weekly basis in nine markets. The increase is then calculated. But what do these abstract figures give in businesses?
The most dramatic increase in the report is in funeral services. Products used for funeral rites and funeral services cost 19.8% more than in the second quarter.
Beyond death, self-care to stay alive has also seen a significant increase. The increase in medical products is between 1.8 and 8.1%. Eat to live If vegetables have fallen by 19.6%, oil by 0.6% and dry grains by 15.1%, meat costs 2.5% more, while fruits have seen an average increase. 2.9%.
Dairy products, for their part, climbed no less than 8.3%. Then there is the eternal rise in the price of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages. In September 2021, tobacco products rose 2.7%, beer saw an increase of 2.9%, whiskey by 2.3% and wine by 3.7%.
As a reminder, most prices – down and up – were impacted by the 2021-2022 Budget presented in June and the measures to subsidize basic food products announced in July 2021.
These subsidies will be in effect until December. It’s not just the housewife’s basket that has increased. Construction and maintenance of buildings rose 3.4% while household appliances cost 2.4% more.
As for travel, it takes an increased sum of 4.8% for fuel and those who want to buy a vehicle will have to pay 2.8% more. In the field of culture and leisure, the increases are not negligible.
While the prices of newspapers and magazines were increased by 6.2%, subscriptions to the various “private TV” providers cost 1% more. As for audiovisual equipment, the increase was 1.7%. Our animal friends were not spared. Masters spend 7.8% more on their food. The price of education at private universities rose 4.9%.
