【Options】Flash comments for CPI, the quadruple witching on Friday
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Flash comments for CPI: The CPI increased 0.1% in August. Excluding food and energy, the inflation gauge increased 0.6%, both higher than expected.Energy prices fell 5% for the month, led by a 10.6% slide in the gasoline index. However, those declines were offset by increases elsewhere.The key problem is Core CPI. The core CPI rose by 6.3% year-on-year (up from 5.9% in July) and 0.6% month-on-month.The food index rose by 0.8% in August, and the cost of housing, which accounts for about 1/3 of CPI, jumped by 0.7%, up 6.2% from a year ago.In addition, medical services have also increased substantially, mainly due to labor costs; New car prices also rose, up 0.8 pc, although used cars fell 0.1 pc.It is worth mentioning that the electricity cost increased by 1.5% month-on-month in August and 1