[Chief Statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dong Lijuan, Interprets the CPI and PPI Data for September 2026] Jin10 News, October 14 – In September, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.2% month-on-month, with the growth rate falling by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous month; it increased by 0.9% year-on-year, with the growth rate expanding by 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose by 1.0% year-on-year, maintaining the same growth rate as the previous month. The Producer Price Index (PPI) for industrial products increased by 1.2% month-on-month, with the growth rate expanding by 0.8 percentage points compared to the previous month; it rose by 5.0% year-on-year, with the growth rate expanding by 1.2 percentage points compared to the previous month. CPI showed a slowdown in month-on-month growth but an expansion in year-on-year growth, while PPI exhibited growth expansion both month-on-month and year-on-year.