[Chief Statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dong Lijuan, interprets the CPI and PPI data for May 2026] Jin10 News, June 10 – In May, the overall operation of the consumer market remained stable. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 0.1% month-on-month and increased by 1.2% year-on-year. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose by 1.1% year-on-year. Influenced by factors such as increased demand in certain domestic industries and the transmission of fluctuations in international commodity prices, the Producer Price Index (PPI) for industrial products rose by 0.5% month-on-month and 3.9% year-on-year.