Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the producer price index (PPI), reflecting the prices that factories charge wholesalers for their products, fell 0.8 per cent. Photo: AP
China’s consumer price index remains flat despite almost 50 per cent spike in cost of pork
- The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8 per cent, unchanged from the previous month’s rate as a 23.1 per cent rise in pork prices continued to fuel inflation
- China’s producer price index (PPI), reflecting the prices that factories charge wholesalers for their products, fell 0.8 per cent in August
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Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the producer price index (PPI), reflecting the prices that factories charge wholesalers for their products, fell 0.8 per cent. Photo: AP