
Staff members check goods behind price tags at a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, March 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 3.2 percent year on year in February, the highest level in ten months, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Saturday. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)
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China's inflation rebounds to 10-month high in Feb.
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua)-- Due to rising food prices during the Spring Festival season, China's annual consumer inflation rebounded to a 10-month high of 3.2 percent in February, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday.
On a month-on-month basis, February's consumer price index (CPI) gained 1.1 percent from the previous month, according to the NBS statement. Full story