The input price index dropped to 60.2 in August, the lowest level this year, from July's 63.1, indicating that "the prices level is stabilizing", Cai said in the statement.

进口价格指数八月份下降到60.2，为本年最低水平，7月份为63.1，这一现象说明价格水平正在稳定当中。

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Effective investment has to be planned, either on the input side by the price and quantity of available capital or on the output side by bureaucratic fiat.

有效投资都必须进行规划，要么以可用资本的价格和数量作为投入，要么以官僚主义的命令作为产出。

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They are increasingly worried about awkward swings in the price of their main input.

他们也日益担心原材料价格远离市场的波动，这毕竟是他们最大的投入。

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Input price inflation continued to ease, although remained sufficiently strong for businesses to raise output charges.

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But confidence hit its highest level since May, while input price inflation hit its lowest level for almost a year.

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Manufacturers reported lower input price pressures and lower prices passed to consumers, however demand for goods also fell to its lowest level since October.

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