On 10 15, the Sichuan Survey Team of the National Bureau of Statistics released data. The data showed that in 9, Sichuan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% month on month, with the increase narrowing by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month; it rose 1.1% year on year, with the increase widening by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.
Among food prices, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, eggs, and pork all recorded slight month-on-month increases. As the summer and autumn harvests overlapped, supplies of some varieties were temporarily tight, and fresh vegetable prices rose 0.2% month on month. Factors including holiday demand drove fresh fruit prices up 0.3% month on month. A temporary mismatch between supply and demand led egg prices to rise 1.7% month on month. In addition, schools reopened in 9, and stocking demand ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays improved the supply-and-demand situation for live pigs. Pork prices rose 3.5% month on month. However, pork prices remained relatively low, down 5.7% from the same period last year.
Month on month, prices for transportation and communications rose 1.0%, food, tobacco, alcohol and dining out rose 0.5%, and clothing rose 0.4%; housing fell 0.1%, household goods and services fell 0.2%, education, culture and entertainment fell 0.5%, and other goods and services fell 0.6%; healthcare prices were unchanged.
Among food prices, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, eggs, and pork all recorded slight month-on-month increases. As the summer and autumn harvests overlapped, supplies of some varieties were temporarily tight, and fresh vegetable prices rose 0.2% month on month. Factors including holiday demand drove fresh fruit prices up 0.3% month on month. A temporary mismatch between supply and demand led egg prices to rise 1.7% month on month. In addition, schools reopened in 9, and stocking demand ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays improved the supply-and-demand situation for live pigs. Pork prices rose 3.5% month on month. However, pork prices remained relatively low, down 5.7% from the same period last year.
Month on month, prices for transportation and communications rose 1.0%, food, tobacco, alcohol and dining out rose 0.5%, and clothing rose 0.4%; housing fell 0.1%, household goods and services fell 0.2%, education, culture and entertainment fell 0.5%, and other goods and services fell 0.6%; healthcare prices were unchanged.