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In August 2011, the total retail sales of consumer goods attained 1470.5 billion yuan, up 17.0 percent, year-on-year. Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of industrial enterprises (units) above designated size was 690.2 billion yuan, increased 22.1 percent. From January to August, the total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 11494.6 billion yuan, up 16.9 percent, year-on-year. Month-on-month increase of the total retail sales of consumer goods in August was 1.36 percent.

In the first eight months of this year, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) reached 18,060.8 billion yuan, up by 25 percent year-on-year, or 0.4 percentage point lower than that in the first seven months of this year. Of this total, that in the state-owned and state holding enterprises reached 6,242.2 billion yuan, a rise of 12.1 percent; In view of month-on month, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) rose 1.16 percent.

In August, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up 13.5 percent year-on-year, or 0.5 percentage points lower than that in July. From January to August, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size surged 14.2 percent, declined 0.1 percentage points over in the first seven months. In terms of month-on-month increase, the growth rate of the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was 1.0 percent in August.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Japan increased 0.9 percent The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) decreased 0.3 percent in July.

In August 2011, Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods rose by 0.1 percent over last month, and increased 7.3 percent year-on-year. The purchasing price index for manufactured goods rose 0.2 percent over last month, and soared 10.6 percent year-on-year. From January to August 2011, the year-on-year PPI increased 7.1 percent, and the purchasing price index for manufactured goods surged 10.4 percent.

In August, the consumer price index went up by 6.2 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 5.9 percent in cities and 6.7 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 13.4 percent while the non-food prices increased by 3.0 percent. The prices of consumer goods went up by 7.3 percent and the prices of services grew by 3.4 percent. In August, the month-on-month change of consumer prices was up by 0.3 percent. Of which, prices in cities and rural went up by 0.3 percent simultaneously. The food prices grew by 0.6 percent while the non-food prices increased by 0.2 percent. The prices of consumer goods rose by 0.3 percent, and the prices of services went up by 0.2 percent.

Local currency bond markets in emerging East Asia continued to expand in the first half of this year as demand from foreign investors increased, with the region’s economic growth set to outpace much of the rest of the world.

From January to July, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 2,800.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.3 percent.

Asia’s policymakers must take decisive steps to generate high quality, productive jobs if the region is to sustain and broaden the benefits of its economic expansion of the past two decades, says an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report.

Comparing with the previous month, among 70 medium and large-sized cities, the sales prices of newly constructed residential buildings declined in 14 cities while that of 17 cities remained general level. The chain index decreased and remained the general level rose by 5 cities in July as compared with previous month. The growth rate of chain index within 1.0 percent in the cities with increasing price, while that of 15 cities dipped.