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CNY CPI inflation release

Official release row with the realised value, prior value, forecast field, exact announcement timestamp, and series chart in one canonical workspace.

Actual
0.5
Previous
1
Forecast
--
Surprise
--
Release time
2026-08-09 09:30 Asia/Shanghai

2026-08-09 01:30 UTC

CNY CPI release chart

A release-date view of the official series, capped at the selected announcement so the chart matches the page timestamp.

China CPI chart through 2026-07-31
CNY CPI readings through 2026-07-31. Latest: 0.5.

CNY CPI release context

The official Consumer Price Index inflation row printed 0.5 for 2026-07-31. The previous value was 1 and the forecast field was --.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the machine-readable citation fields for this announcement. The local and UTC timestamps are kept visible because event studies and trading systems need the exact public release moment, not just the date.

Public release ID cny_inflation_2026-08-09
API announcement ID cny_inflation_2026-07-31
Release time
2026-08-09 01:30 UTC
Reference period 2026-07-31
Actual value 0.5
Previous value 1
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1786239000

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1786239000,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-08-09T09:30:00+08:00",
  "announcement_id": "cny_inflation_2026-07-31",
  "change_from_previous": -0.5,
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-08-12T16:08:29.254024Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1786550909254024300,
  "date": "2026-07-31",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 311909254.024,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
  "observation_id": "cny_inflation_canonical_yoy_nsa_standard_period_2026-07-31",
  "official_actual_release_datetime": 1786239000,
  "official_actual_release_datetime_local": "2026-08-09T09:30:00+08:00",
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1786239000,
  "official_planned_release_datetime_local": "2026-08-09T09:30:00+08:00",
  "pct_change_from_previous": -50.0,
  "previous_announcement_datetime": 1783560660,
  "previous_date": "2026-06-30",
  "previous_value": 1.0,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1786239000,
      "val": 0.5
    }
  ],
  "source": "National Bureau of Statistics of China",
  "source_url": "https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/",
  "source_url_scope": "series",
  "val": 0.5
}