National Bureau of Statistics: The price of live pigs (Duroc) fell by 5.7% month-on-month in late August.

09:46 04/09/2024

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in late August 2024, prices of 20 products increased compared to mid-August, prices of 26 products decreased, and prices of 4 products remained unchanged.

On September 4, the National Bureau of Statistics released the price changes of important production materials in the circulation sector in late August 2024. According to monitoring of 50 important production materials in 9 categories in the national circulation sector, prices of 20 products rose, prices of 26 products fell, and prices of 4 products remained the same compared to mid-August 2024. Among them, the price of live pigs (Three-Way Crossbreed) was 19.7 yuan/kg, a decrease of 5.7% compared to the previous period. This article is selected from the National Bureau of Statistics, edited by GMTEight: Jiang Yuanhua.

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Exports and imports grew in tandem, and the expansion of the U.S. trade deficit in February was lower than expected.

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States has dropped to a nearly two-year low, but the pattern of the job market with "low hiring, low layoffs" remains unchanged.

Europe stock and bond expectations are "severely divided": the bond market bets on three rate hikes to curb inflation, while the stock market still hopes for interest rate cuts to aid the economy.