企業サービス価格、３２年ぶり高水準　昨年度２．１％上昇―日銀

　日銀が２４日発表した２０２３年度の企業向けサービス価格指数（１５年平均＝１００）は、前年度比２．１％上昇の１０９．７だった。伸び率は、消費税増税の影響を除けば１９９１年度（２．８％上昇）以来、３２年ぶりの大きさ。コロナ禍からの経済活動再開に加え、宿泊や土木・建築など幅広い分野で原材料費や人件費が上昇した分を価格転嫁する動きが広がり、指数を押し上げた。２２年度の伸び率は１．８％だった。（2024/04/24-11:10）

Japanese services producer prices in fiscal 2023, which ended last month, climbed 2.1 pct from the previous year, the steepest rise since fiscal 1991 if the impacts of consumption tax hikes are excluded, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
   The services producer price index, which measures the cost of services provided to corporate clients, came to 109.7 against the 2015 base of 100, the central bank said in a preliminary report. In fiscal 1991, the index went up 2.8 pct.
   The fiscal 2023 result can be attributed to the resumption of economic activities after the COVID-19 crisis and efforts to pass on rising materials and personnel costs to services producer prices in accommodation, civil engineering, construction and many other sectors. In fiscal 2022, the index increased 1.8 pct.
   In March alone, the index climbed 2.3 pct from a year before to 111.0, up for the 37th straight month.