2024年9月,中国生产者价格指数同比下降2.8%,跌幅大于上月1.8%和市场预测的2.5%。这是连续第24个月生产者通货紧缩,也是自3月以来最严重的一次,由于采矿(-2.5%对0.9%)、原材料(-3.2%对-0.8%)和加工(-3.3%对-2.7%)的进一步下降,生产资料成本下降(-3.3%vs-2.0%)。与此同时,消费品价格继续下跌(-1.3%对-1.1%),主要受食品(-1.6%对-1.3%)、服装(-0.3%对-0.4%)、日用品(-0.3%)和耐用品(-2.1%对-1.9%)的拖累。在8月份下降0.7%之后,生产者价格指数每月下降0.6%。考虑到今年前八个月,生产者价格指数下跌了2.0%。
China's producer prices declined by 2.8% yoy in September 2024, steeper than a 1.8% fall in the previous month and market forecasts of a 2.5% drop. It was the 24th straight month of producer deflation and the sharpest reading since March, with a decrease in the cost of means of production deepening (-3.3% vs -2.0% in August), due to further falls in mining (-2.5% vs 0.9%), raw materials (-3.2% vs -0.8%), and processing (-3.3% vs -2.7%). At the same time, prices of consumer goods extended their declines (-1.3% vs -1.1%), dragged by food (-1.6% vs -1.3%), clothing (-0.3% vs -0.4%), daily use goods (-0.3% vs flat figure), and durable goods (-2.1% vs -1.9%). Monthly, producer prices shrank by 0.6%, following a 0.7% fall in August. Considering the first eight months of the year, producer prices slipped 2.0%.