Chinanews, September 15 (Li Jinlei) On September 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released economic data for August. Market sales have turned from decline to increase, and online sales continue to increase.
In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 3,357.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%, and the growth rate changed from negative to positive for the first time in the year; a month-on-month increase of 1.25%.
From January to August, the total retail sales of consumer goods totaled 2,38029 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6%, and the rate of decline narrowed 1.3 percentage points from January to July.