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Food pushes consumer prices to 10-year high |
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CHINA'S consumer prices last month shot to the highest rate in more than a decade, mainly driven by uncurbed food costs, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
The increase of the key inflation gauge puts further |
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Retail sales post record-high growth in Oct. |
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RETAIL sales on the mainland grew at a record rate last month, fueled by surging consumer prices and rising incomes, the National Bureau of Statistics said today.
Sales climbed 18.1 percent from a year earlier to 826.3 billion |
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CPI reaches 6.5%, rate hike likely |
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China's consumer price index (CPI) rebounded to 6.5 percent in October, matching the peak decade high in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
The CPI, a key gauge of inflation, grew 6.2 percent in September. |
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Economist: Core CPI is still safe |
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The sizzling consumer price index (CPI) is primarily driven by foodstuff prices and does not signal full-round inflation, said Yao Yingyuan, general economist from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), according to Xinhuanet.com.
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PBOC vows to tame inflation expectation |
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China's central bank has pledged to tame consumers' inflation expectations as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebounded to match the highest level in 11 years.
"We will make full use of the price tools in macro control to keep |
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Record inflation rate drags down stocks |
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DOMESTIC stocks surrendered morning session gains and declined in the afternoon after a report showing inflation accelerated to a decade-high last month, increasing concerns the central bank may raise interest rates to slow the country's |
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China's inflation rate rebounds to decade high |
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CHINA'S consumer prices last month rebounded to their highest rate in more than a decade, mainly driven by untamed food costs, the National Bureau of Statistics said today.
The increase in the key inflation gauge puts further |
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Control measures could be imminent |
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Last month's hastened growth of money supply and the accelerated growth of bank loans have triggered concerns that further tightening measures could be put in place to rein in inflation and asset price rises.
The People's Bank |
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Producer price index sparks inflation fears |
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China's annual producer price index (PPI) rose to 3.2 percent in October from 2.7 percent in September, raising concerns that inflation will continue to remain high and further tightening measures may be in the pipeline.
PPI, a |
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Chinese shares down 0.57% on strong inflation data |
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Chinese share prices continued to fall on Tuesday after the release of inflation data for October.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, fell 29.61 points, or 0. |
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China's inflation rate at 6.5 percent |
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BEIJING, Nov 13, 2007 (AFP) - China's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, rose 6.5 percent in October year-on-year, the government said Tuesday, as Premier Wen Jiabao promised to stabilise prices.
The figure was |
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China's CPI rises 6.5% in October |
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China's consumer price index (CPI),a main gauge of inflation, rose 6.5 percent year-on-year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.
The figure was the same as in August, |
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Chinese premier vows to stabilize prices |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday his government would take measures to ensure sufficient supply and stabilize prices.
"Prices have been on the rise these days and I'm aware that even a one- |
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Concern over inflation rises as economy grows |
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CONSUMER prices in China may never have been so closely monitored by government officials, economists and the general population.
A sudden surge in the Consumer Price Index in recent months shows the potential danger of |
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China's pork price rises again, up 5.4% in less than a month |
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The wholesale price of pork, China's staple meat, leapt back up to 18.69 yuan (2.5 U.S. dollars) per kilogram as of November 5, up 5.4 percent from the level recorded on October 8, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) |
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China 2007 CPI growth seen at more than 3% |
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China's consumer price index (CPI) is expected to grow by more than 3.0 percent in 2007, or possibly higher, said a senior official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
China's CPI rose 6.5 percent year- |
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