２月都内物価、２．５％上昇　電気・ガス代の下落幅縮小―総務省

　総務省が５日発表した２月の東京都区部消費者物価指数（中旬速報値、２０２０年＝１００）は、価格変動の大きい生鮮食品を除く総合指数が１０６．２と、前年同月比２．５％上昇した。３０カ月連続のプラスで、日銀が物価上昇目標としている２％を２カ月ぶりに上回った。政府の負担軽減策による押し下げ効果が一巡し、電気代や都市ガス代の下落幅が縮小したことが影響した。
　エネルギー価格全体は前年同月比７．９％低下で、前月の２０．１％から下げ幅が縮小した。政府の負担軽減策は昨年２月の指数から押し下げ効果が出ており、１年経過したことで前年比での寄与が薄れた。低下幅は、電気代が４．９％（前月は２２．２％）、都市ガス代は１６．４％（同２４．７％）にそれぞれ縮小した。（2024/03/05-10:33）

Core consumer prices in central Tokyo gained 2.5 pct from a year before in February, with the growth rising back above the Bank of Japan's 2 pct inflation target after slowing to 1.8 pct in the previous month, government data showed Tuesday.
   The core consumer price index, which excludes often volatile fresh food prices, came to 106.2 for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards, against 100 for the base year of 2020, rising for 30 months in a row, the internal affairs ministry said.
   The pace of falls in electricity and city gas fees slowed as the effect of government measures to cushion the impact of rising energy prices weakened.
   Overall energy prices fell 7.9 pct, smaller than the 20.1 pct decline in January. Electricity fees dropped 4.9 pct, compared with January's 22.2 pct fall, and city gas fees were down 16.4 pct, against the 24.7 pct decline.
   The government measures started to help push down energy prices in February 2023, and their effect ran its course as one year has passed since the introduction.