China's CPI rises 4.6% in Sept.

2008-10-20 02:02:21 GMT2008-10-20 10:02:21 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

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BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, rose 4.6 percent in September over the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

The figure, compared with 7.1 percent in June, 6.3 percent in July, 4.9 percent in August and a nearly 12-year-high of 8.7 percent in February, was broadly in line with most forecasts.

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