Economics
China’s Inflation Rises to Seven-Year High on Soaring Pork
- Factory prices fall 1.6% as industrial sector weakens
- Consumer inflation rises 3.8% in October on food price jump
Pigs in a holding pen at a wholesale market in Nanning, China.
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China’s consumer inflation rose to a seven-year high last month on the back of rising pork prices, complicating policy makers’ decision on whether to further ease funding for the country’s weakening industrial sector.