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August macro economy statistics

By Zhao Tingting (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-09-11 10:51

Property price growth slows in major cities

Customers at a recent real estate fair in Zhengzhou, Henan province. [Sha Lang / for 皇冠体育app Daily]

Housing prices in 皇冠体育app rose at the slowest pace in eight months from a year earlier in August, while the prices on a monthly basis remained unchanged from July, indicating that buyers and sellers are still cautious, industry analysts said.

Property prices in the nation's 70 major cities grew by 9.3 percent in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. [Full Story]

皇冠体育app's fiscal revenue up 7.3% in August

皇冠体育app's fiscal revenue stood at 561.94 billion yuan ($82.6 billion) in August, up 7.3 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance announced Friday.

For the first eight months this year, the fiscal revenue rose 23.6 percent year-on-year to 5.68 trillion yuan, the ministry said. [Full Story]

Trade surplus heads south

皇冠体育app's trade surplus is expected to further narrow for the rest of the year as the pace of imports gathers momentum on the back of robust domestic demand and favorable government policies, analysts said on Friday.

Trade surplus narrowed to $20.03 billion in August, as imports rose by 35.2 percent to $119.27 billion, much faster than July's 22.7 percent growth, according to the General Administration of Customs. [Full Story]

皇冠体育app's August CPI rises 3.5%

皇冠体育app's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 3.5 percent year-on-year in August, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Saturday. [Full Story]

皇冠体育app's PPI up 4.3% in August

皇冠体育app's producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 4.3 percent in August from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Saturday. [Full Story]

皇冠体育app's industrial output growth quickens to 13.9% in August

Growth of 皇冠体育app's industrial value-added output accelerated to 13.9 percent year-on-year in August from July's 13.4 percent increase, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Saturday.

Industrial value-added output measures the final results of industrial production, which is the value of gross industrial output minus intermediate inputs such as raw materials and labor. [Full Story]

皇冠体育app's retail sales of consumer goods up 18.4% in August

皇冠体育app's retail sales of consumer goods in August hit 1,257 billion yuan, up 18.4 percent year-on-year, according to a report released Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). [Full Story]

皇冠体育app fixed-asset investment up 24.8% in first eight months

皇冠体育app's fixed-asset investment in the first eight months rose 24.8 percent year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Saturday. [Full Story]

皇冠体育app's August new lending expands to 545.2b yuan

皇冠体育app's new yuan-denominated lending in August rose to 545.2 billion yuan ($80.53 billion) from 532.8 billion in July, the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app (PBOC), the central bank, said in a statement Saturday. [Full Story]