TMTPOST — China’s consumer price index rose 0.9 percent year on year in the first seven months of 2026, the National Bureau of Statistics said. In July the CPI increased 0.5 percent from a year earlier and declined 0.1 percent from the previous month. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, advanced 1.1 percent in the January–July period and 0.9 percent in July alone. Producer prices also remained elevated. The industrial producer price index climbed 1.8 percent year on year in the first seven months and 3.5 percent in July, though it fell 0.7 percent month on month. Purchasing prices for industrial producers rose 2.8 percent in the cumulative period and 5.5 percent in July, down 1.0 percent from June.