B[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. B[National Bureau of Statistics: The price of gold jewelry increased by 7.6% from a decrease of 2.6% last month] On September 9, Dong Lijuan, chief statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that from a month-on-month perspective, the national CPI increased by 0.4% from a decrease of 0.1% last month. Affected by price changes in the international market, domestic gasoline prices increased from a decrease of 10.7% last month to an increase of 7.2%, affecting the CPI to increase by approximately 0.21 percentage points month-on-month; the price of gold jewelry increased from a decrease of 2.6% last month to an increase of 7.6%, affecting a month-on-month increase in CPI of approximately 0.04 percentage points. Affected by factors such as the rapid growth in demand for computing power, the prices of mobile phones, tablet computers, and data storage devices increased by 2.3%, 2.1%, and 2.1% respectively, driving the CPI up by approximately 0.03 percentage points in total. Food prices increased by 0.4% from being flat last month, affecting the CPI to rise by about 0.07 percentage points month-on-month.
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