２月企業物価、４．０％上昇　コメ高騰が波及―日銀

　日銀が１２日発表した２月の国内企業物価指数（速報値、２０２０年平均＝１００）は１２５．３と、前年同月比４．０％上昇した。４８カ月連続のプラス。コメの高騰に加え、その分をおにぎりや弁当に転嫁する動きも広がったことなどから、指数は過去最高だった前月と同水準だった。
　一方、電気・ガス代の政府補助金が再開された影響で、伸び率は６カ月ぶりに前月（４．２％）から鈍化した。
　企業物価指数は、企業間で取引されるモノの価格を示す。調査対象５１５品目のうち、３８４品目が上昇、１０８品目が下落した。
　分野別では、農林水産物が３９．４％の大幅上昇。精米・玄米に加え、高病原性鳥インフルエンザの拡大に伴う鶏卵の価格上昇が指数を押し上げた。コメを含む原材料費の価格転嫁が進んだ飲食料品は２．６％上昇した。（2025/03/12-11:20）

Japan's producer prices rose 4.0 pct in February from a year before, as soaring rice prices pushed up the cost of more food items including "onigiri" rice balls and "bento" boxed meals, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
   But the pace of rise in the producer price index, which measures the cost of goods traded between businesses, slowed for the first time in six months, after a 4.2 pct gain in January, as the government resumed subsidies for electricity and city gas, the central bank said.
   The index stood at 125.3, rising for the 48th straight month. Prices rose for 384 of the 515 items surveyed and fell for 108.
   Prices of agriculture, forestry and fishery products jumped 39.4 pct, lifted by higher polished and brown rice prices and surging egg prices stemming from an outbreak of avian influenza. Food and beverage prices rose 2.6 pct.
   The pace of month-on-month rise in polished rice prices slowed to 1.9 pct. Rice prices are expected to fluctuate around current levels until new crops become available, a BOJ official said.