[National Bureau of Statistics: CPI increased by 0.8% year-on-year in August, mainly due to the expansion of energy price increases] On September 9, Dong Lijuan, chief statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the CPI and PPI data for August 2026 and said that from a year-on-year perspective, the national CPI increased by 0.8%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, mainly due to the expansion of energy price increases. The increase in energy prices expanded from 0.6% last month to 4.1% this month, affecting the CPI to increase by approximately 0.28 percentage points year-on-year, and the upward impact on CPI increased by approximately 0.24 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, gasoline prices increased by 9.3%, an increase of 8.3 percentage points. The price of industrial consumer goods excluding energy increased by 1.8%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points, affecting the CPI to increase by approximately 0.42 percentage points year-on-year. Among them, the price of gold jewelry increased by 33.6%, an increase of 9.0 percentage points; the prices of tablet computers, computers and mobile phones increased by 21.5%, 19.6% and 11.0% respectively, and the increase increased. Service prices increased by 0.8%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, affecting the CPI to increase by approximately 0.38 percentage points year-on-year.