8月中國CPI漲幅2% 低於預期

China's headline consumer price inflation index rose 2 per cent in August from a year earlier. That was below the 2.3 per cent price increases recorded in July and less than the 2.2 per cent economists had forecast.

8月份，備受關注的中國消費者價格通脹指數同比上漲了2%，低於7月份錄得的2.3%，也比經濟學家預測的2.2%低。

This headline CPI is still much lower than the official target of 3.5 per cent, however, indicating the government will maintain its relatively loose monetary policy stance.

不過，這一備受關注的居民消費價格指數(CPI)的漲幅仍大大低於中國官方3.5%的通脹目標。這表明中國政府將維持相對寬鬆的貨幣政策立場。

However factory gate prices fell 1.2 per cent in August from a year earlier. That was more than the 0.9 per cent price fall recorded in July and more than the 1.1 per cent fall economists had forecast.

而8月份工業品出廠價格同比卻下跌了1.2%，跌幅大於7月份的0.9%，也大於經濟學家預計的1.1%。

It was the 30th consecutive month producer prices had declined.

這是中國工業品出廠價格指數連續第30個月下滑。