Gradual recovery in consumption and the rainy season help turn the CPI m/m to positive.
The core CPI rose by 0.3% y/y, from -0.1%.
Food prices rose by 1.2% y/y, from -0.6%.
Vegetables and eggs rose by 9.3% and 4.4% y/y, due to bad weather.
Pork prices rise by 20.4% y/y, vs +2.3 PPS vs June.
For y/y price changes
Food, tobacco & liquor +0.2%
Clothing +1.7%
Accomodation +0.1%
Necessities & services +0.7%
Transportation & Communication -0.6%
Education, Culture & Entertainment ...

More and more Chinese consumers started to sell their idle items in recent years, and there has been a significant increase in the number of second-hand transactions conducted directly through the internet, according to Chinese media.
The second-hand e-commerce transaction scale in 2023 amounted to RMB548.65 billion, up 14.25% YoY, the report quoted data from Chinese e-commerce platforms as saying. The user scale was 580 million, up 25...

Galaxy Securities believes that export concerns are emerging, and growth-stabilizing policies need to be strengthened.
With consumer spending remaining sluggish in the first half of the year and real estate investment continuing to bottom out, foreign trade's contribution to the economy has become increasingly prominent. If export growth slows down in the future, policies will need to be further strengthened to meet the annual economic growth target, and new policies and tools may be directed t...