National Bureau of Statistics data: in June, food, tobacco and dining-out prices
fell 0.8% YoY, subtracting about 0.24 ppt from CPI. Food breakdown: livestock
meat -7.3% YoY (CPI impact ~-0.30 ppt); pork -15.9%. Dairy -1.7% YoY (CPI impact
~-0.02 ppt). Fresh fruit -0.7% YoY (CPI impact ~-0.01 ppt). Eggs +16.0% YoY (CPI
impact +0.08 ppt). Among the seven other major categories, six rose and one
fell: other goods and services +6.6% YoY; transport & communications +4.1%;
healthcare +2.3%; clothing +1.4%; education, culture & recreation +1.4%;
household goods & services +1.3%; housing -0.3%.
