Tag: China inflation

• Monday, March 11th 2013 - 08:15 UTC

  China’s February inflation and exports with positive messages for the economy

  

  China's inflation rate hit a 10-month high in February, as Lunar New Year festivities drove up food prices. Consumer prices rose 3.2% from a year earlier, with food prices up by 6%. Likewise exports rose more than expected in February, probably indicating that the Chinese economy could be in an upturn.

• Monday, July 9th 2012 - 06:09 UTC

  China inflation down to a 29-month-low in June: 2.2%

  

  China’s consumer-price inflation eased to a 29-month low in June, giving Premier Wen Jiabao more room to relax economic policies after the second interest-rate cut in a month. The consumer price index rose 2.2% percent from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in Beijing. Producer prices dropped 2.1%.

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 15:50 UTC

  China’s inflation rebounds in March conditioning easier monetary policy

  

  China's inflation rebounded slightly in March after logging an extremely low growth in February, backing lingering uncertainty regarding the country's ability to contain price rises.