China's producer price index up 3.5% in July

BEIJING, 9th August, 2026 (WAM) -- China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 3.5 percent year on year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday.

Sunday's data also showed that China's consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.5 percent year on year in July.