On September 15, the Department of Circulation Industry Development of the Ministry of Commerce and the China Building Materials Circulation Association released the prosperity index (BHI) of building materials and home furnishing terminal stores in August. Data show that the National Building Materials and Home Furnishing Prosperity Index BHI was 101.02 in August, down 24.74 points year-on-year. The sales of building materials and home furnishing stores above designated size in August were 86.295 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.65%; the cumulative sales from January to August in 2022 were 846.661 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.59%.