国家统计局答21：抵制企业无序竞争显效，8月PPI现积极变化

Group 1 - In August, the Producer Price Index (PPI) decreased by 2.9% year-on-year, with the decline narrowing by 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous month, and the month-on-month change shifted from a decrease of 0.2% to flat, ending an eight-month negative growth trend [1] - The improvement in PPI is attributed to macro policy effectiveness, the deepening of the national unified market construction, optimization of enterprise competition order, and rapid growth of new driving forces [1][2] - The optimization of market competition order has been a significant factor, with key industries such as coal processing and black metal smelting seeing price reductions narrowing by 3.2% to 10.3% compared to the previous month [2] Group 2 - Demand from emerging industries has strengthened, with prices in sectors like integrated circuit packaging and testing manufacturing increasing by 1.1%, and shipbuilding and related equipment manufacturing prices rising by 0.9% [2] - Consumption-boosting policies have shown effects, with prices in categories such as arts and crafts manufacturing increasing by 13% year-on-year, and sports equipment prices rising by 4.7% [3] - Despite the positive changes, PPI remains in a declining range, which is unfavorable for industrial enterprise operations, indicating a need for further expansion of domestic demand and regulation of competition [3]