National Bureau of Statistics: Year-on-year growth rates of CPI and PPI both expanded in September.

Zhitong Finance APP has learned that on October 14, Dong Lijuan, Chief Statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the September 2026 CPI and PPI data. Dong Lijuan stated that in September, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% month-on-month, with the increase down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month; it rose 0.9% year-on-year, with the increase up 0.1 percentage points from the previous month; core CPI, excluding food and energy prices, rose 1.0% year-on-year, with the increase the same as the previous month. The producer price index (PPI) rose 1.2% month-on-month, with the increase up 0.8 percentage points from the previous month; it rose 5.0% year-on-year, with the increase up 1.2 percentage points from the previous month.