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Zhongshan's CPI up 0.3% in August from July
Updated: 2020-09-18    Source: Zhongshan Daily Large Medium Small Print

Data released by the Zhongshan Investigation Team of the National Bureau of Statistics show that in August, Zhongshan's CPI (consumer price index) increased by 1.2% year-on-year, a 0.6 percentage point less from a year earlier, and increased by 0.3% from July. In the first eight months of the year, Zhongshan's CPI increased by 4.2%, dropped by 0.4 percentage point from a year earlier.

In August, the food prices increased by 1.5% month-on-month while non-food prices decreased by 0.1%. Consumer prices increased by 0.8% while service prices decreased by 0.5%.

Prices of food, alcohol and tobacco increased by 1.2% month-on-month. Specifically, the prices of eggs increased by 5.5% due to a decreased supply. The prices of fresh vegetables increased by 4.6% due to the typhoon. The prices of livestock meat increased by 3.4%. The prices of fresh fruit decreased by 3.4%. The prices of aquatic products decreased by 0.3%.

Among the prices of the other 7 categories of products, 4 increased and 3 decreased month-on-month. The tourism industry recovered in August, driving the prices in education, culture and entertainment to increase by 0.6%.

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