通胀数据点评：大宗涨价推不动7月PPI？

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No information provided in the given content. 2. Core Views of the Report - The inflation data in July showed that CPI was weakly recovering, while PPI was oscillating at the bottom. The positive changes in price operation were mainly due to the continuous manifestation of the effects of policies to expand domestic demand. In the future, prices may continue to rise moderately at a low level [1][2][3]. - In the short - term, the bond market may maintain a pattern of "oscillation + recovery". The overall stable macro - policy, fundamental logic, loose orientation of monetary policy, and reasonable and sufficient liquidity still support the bond market, but attention should be paid to the possible disturbances of changes in the stock and commodity markets to the bond market sentiment [3]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 7 - month Inflation Data: CPI Weakly Recovering, PPI Oscillating at the Bottom - In July, CPI was flat year - on - year (previous value was 0.1%), with a month - on - month increase of 0.4% (previous value was - 0.1%); PPI was - 3.6% year - on - year (unchanged from the previous value), and - 0.2% month - on - month (with the decline narrowing by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous value) [1]. - The data in July confirmed "inflation at the bottom and structural differentiation". On one hand, policies to expand domestic demand promoted the recovery of service consumption and industrial consumer goods prices, and the increase in core CPI confirmed the marginal repair of internal driving force. On the other hand, seasonal factors and uncertainties in the international trade environment affected the price decline of some industries, and PPI was still oscillating at the bottom year - on - year [2]. - The rise in bulk prices in July deviated from the weak PPI. The reasons were that the price increase in the upstream could not be effectively transmitted to the downstream, and the insufficient terminal demand weakened the price transmission power. If there was no obvious repair of demand, the pulling effect of upstream price increases on PPI would be limited [3]. 3.2 CPI: Month - on - Month Change from Decline to Increase, Core CPI Reached a New High in the Year - In July, CPI was flat year - on - year, and the month - on - month change turned from decline to an increase of 0.4%, stronger than the seasonal level, mainly supported by service and industrial consumer goods prices. Core CPI increased by 0.8% year - on - year, with the increase expanding for three consecutive months, reaching a new high since March 2024 [9]. - Service prices increased by 0.6% month - on - month, contributing about 0.26 percentage points to the month - on - month increase of CPI. Affected by the peak summer travel season, prices of air tickets, tourism, hotel accommodation, and vehicle rental increased by 17.9%, 9.1%, 6.9%, and 4.4% respectively month - on - month [10]. - Industrial consumer goods prices increased by 0.5% month - on - month, with the increase expanding by 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous month, contributing about 0.17 percentage points to the month - on - month increase of CPI. Energy prices increased by 1.6% month - on - month, and industrial consumer goods prices excluding energy increased by 0.2% [11]. - Core CPI increased by 0.8% year - on - year, reaching a high point since March 2024, mainly due to the increase in the prices of gold and platinum jewelry. The year - on - year decline in automobile prices converged. Food prices decreased year - on - year, becoming the main drag on CPI [11]. 3.3 PPI: Month - on - Month Decline Narrowed, Year - on - Year Continued to Bottom - In July, PPI was - 3.6% year - on - year, remaining the same as the previous month, showing signs of bottoming out, indicating weak demand in the industrial sector. The month - on - month decline was 0.2%, with the decline narrowing by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous month, the first narrowing of the month - on - month decline since March [18]. - The drag on the month - on - month PPI was mainly affected by seasonal disturbances and trade uncertainties. Eight industries in total affected the month - on - month decline of PPI by about 0.24 percentage points. Seasonal factors affected the PPI of some industries, and uncertainties in the international trade environment put pressure on the prices of export - related industries [19][20]. - Positive factors were that the effects of capacity governance and "anti - involution" policies were gradually emerging, and the month - on - month decline in the prices of coal, steel, photovoltaic, and lithium batteries narrowed, weakening the downward pull on PPI [20].