China CPI Consumer Price Index August 2020

CPI China August of 2020

Chinese CPI goes down to 2.4%

The annual variation rate of the CPI in China in August of 2020 was 2.4%, 3 tenths less than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.4%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2020 is 3.5%

We must highlight the increase of 2.4% in the prices of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, until its interannual rate reached 6.1%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Transport of -0.3%, and an interannual variation of 0%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI China August 2020

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.4%	3.5%	0.4%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	8.8%		1.0%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	-0.5%		-0.2%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-0.7%		0.1%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	6.1%		2.4%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	-0.1%		0.0%
Health [+]	-3.9%		0.3%
Transport [+]	0.0%		-0.3%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.5%		0.1%
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China: CPI annual

	2019	2018
CPI (overall index) [+]	4.5%	1.9%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	12.9%	2.4%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	0.8%	1.5%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0.5%	2.2%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	4.4%	1.6%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.4%	1.4%
Health [+]	-0.7%	-0.7%
Transport [+]	1.8%	2.3%
Recreation and culture [+]	2.1%	2.5%