Economics

China’s Factory Inflation Slows as Consumer Price Gains Ease

Producer price index rose 3.1% in March from a year earlier
No sign of China exporting inflation to the world: StanChart

Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie reports on the performance of the Chinese economy.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Bloomberg News

April 11, 2018 at 1:32 AM UTC

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April 11, 2018 at 2:11 AM UTC

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China’s factory inflation slowed for a fifth month while the consumer price index retreated from a four-year high.

The producer price index rose 3.1 percent in March from a year earlier, compared with the projected 3.3 percent rise in a Bloomberg survey and 3.7 percent in February. The consumer price index climbed 2.1 percent, the statistics bureau said Wednesday, versus a forecast of 2.6 percent and 2.9 percent in February.