8月工业生产者出厂价格指数环比转为持平

Group 1 - The overall consumption market in August remained stable, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) unchanged month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 0.4% [1] - The core CPI, excluding food and energy prices, increased by 0.9% year-on-year, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth [1] - The Producer Price Index (PPI) month-on-month changed from a decline of 0.2% in the previous month to being flat [1] Group 2 - The year-on-year decline in CPI was attributed to a high comparison base from the previous year and lower-than-seasonal food price increases this month [1] - Food prices rose by 0.5% month-on-month in August, which was 1.1 percentage points lower than the seasonal level [1] - The PPI ended an eight-month downward trend, with improvements in supply-demand relationships leading to price increases in some energy and raw material sectors [1] - The year-on-year PPI decreased by 2.9%, but the decline narrowed by 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous month, marking the first narrowing since March of this year [1]