Economics
China Inflation Exceeds Forecasts as Lockdowns Roil Supplies
- PPI rose 8% in April, higher than the 7.8% forecast in survey
- Rising food costs in April drove consumer inflation up to 2.1%
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China’s factory and consumer prices rose faster than expected in April as Covid lockdowns battered supply chains and pushed people to stockpile food.
The producer price index rose 8% from a year earlier compared to 8.3% in March, official data showed Wednesday, above the median estimate of a 7.8% increase in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Consumer-price growth accelerated to 2.1% from 1.5% in the previous month, faster than a projected 1.8% gain.