National Bureau of Statistics: CPI rose 0.9% year-on-year in the first three quarters, while industrial producer purchase prices climbed 3.6%

36Kr reports that according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the national consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.9% year-on-year in the first three quarters. By category, food, tobacco, alcohol, and dining out prices fell 0.4%, clothing prices rose 1.5%, housing prices dropped 0.2%, daily necessities and services prices climbed 1.4%, transportation and communication prices rose 2.0%, education, culture, and entertainment prices increased 1.2%, medical care prices jumped 2.3%, and other goods and services prices surged 9.8%. Within food, tobacco, alcohol, and dining out, pork prices fell 12.9%, grain prices dropped 0.4%, fresh fruit prices rose 0.7%, and fresh vegetable prices climbed 1.4%. In September, the national CPI rose 0.9% year-on-year and 0.2% month-on-month. In the first three quarters, core CPI excluding food and energy prices increased 1.1% year-on-year, with September's core CPI rising 1.0%. During this period, the national industrial producer出厂 price index climbed 2.3% year-on-year; in September, it rose 5.0%, an expansion of 1.2 percentage points from the previous month, and increased 1.2% month-on-month. In the first three quarters, national industrial producer purchase prices rose 3.6% year-on-year, with September seeing a 6.9% increase and a 1.2% rise month-on-month.