The inputprice 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.
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.