The latest survey showed that the input prices sub-index, a measure of how much factories pay for raw materials and other intermediary goods, fell.

最近的调查显示，作为一项衡量工厂购买原材料以及其他的生产资料的指数，输入价格这个分类指数，下降了。

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China: a purchasing managers' index released by the logistics federation rose to 54.7 from 53.8 in September, with input prices climbing the most in six months.

中国：物流联合会公布9月份的一个采购经理人指数从53.8上升至54.7，成本价格攀升至六个月最多。

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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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Also at a March 2009 low was the HSBC sub-index for factory input prices.

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Joseph Carson, an economist with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in New York, has concocted such an index, which considers changes in property prices and share prices, producer input and output prices, along with consumer prices.

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