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| Customers walk past a price board at a supermarket store in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 15, 2011. The National Bureau of Statistics announced on Tuesday that China's Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose by 4.9 percent in January. (Xinhua/Pei Xin) |
China's Jan. CPI up 4.9%
BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.9 percent in January year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Tuesday.
The figure is 0.3 percentage points higher than that of December. Full story
China's PPI up 6.6% in January
BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 6.6 percent in January year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Tuesday.
The January PPI was 0.9 percent up from the previous month, said a statement on the NBS website. Full story
China's foreign trade jumps 44% in January, trade surplus shrinks by half
BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's foreign trade surged 44 percent year on year in January, boosted by busy shipments ahead of the nation's Spring Festival holiday, while its trade surplus shrank by half, the nation's Customs agency said Monday.
Exports rose by 37.7 percent year on year to 150.73 billion U.S. dollars while imports increased by 51 percent to 144.28 billion U.S. dollars, the General Administration of Customs said on its website. Full story
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