９月都内物価、２．０％上昇　コメ４９年ぶり伸び、電気・ガスは鈍化―総務省

　総務省が２７日発表した９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１０７．３と、前年同月比２．０％上昇した。プラスは３７カ月連続だが、上げ幅は５カ月ぶりに縮小した。値上がりが続くコメは４９年ぶりの高い上昇率となった一方、政府の補助金再開で電気・ガス代の伸びが鈍化した。
　電気代の上昇率は１４．１％（８月は２４．２％）、都市ガス代の上昇率は９．３％（同１６．９％）だった。政府が停止していた電気・ガス代の負担軽減のための補助金が８月使用分（９月請求分）から再開され、伸びを抑制した。
　食料のうち米類は４１．４％上昇で、１９７５年９月（４９．４％上昇）以来の高い伸びだった。８月深刻化した品薄状態は解消されつつあるが、新米の流通価格上昇などで大幅なプラスとなった。米類以外の値上がりも続いており、生鮮食品を除く食料は２．８％上昇と、２カ月連続で上げ幅が拡大した。（2024/09/27-10:13）

The core consumer price index for Tokyo's densely populated 23 special wards in September rose 2.0 pct from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
   The index, which excludes often volatile fresh food prices, stood at 107.3 against the 2020 base of 100, rising for 37 consecutive months. But its growth rate shrank from the previous month for the first time in five months.
   While rice prices leaped at their fastest pace in 49 years, the resumption of government subsidies aimed at lowering utility bills slowed the growth of electricity and gas prices.
   Electricity bills climbed 14.1 pct, compared with a 24.2 pct jump in August, and city gas rates went up 9.3 pct, slower than the previous month's 16.9 pct rise. The utility subsidies were revived for usage from August, affecting bills from September.
   Among food items, rice prices soared 41.4 pct, the largest rise since September 1975, when the prices jumped 49.4 pct. Although the rice supply shortage that worsened in August is being resolved this month, higher prices for newly harvested rice contributed to the sharp increase in overall rice prices.