China’s consumer inflation turned positive for the first time in six months, largely supported by the Lunar New Year holiday, when a spending boom pushed up prices.

Consumer prices in China have plunged to their lowest level in more than a year, highlighting persistent deflationary pressures in the world’s second-largest economy. The Consumer Price Index ...

Wall Street initially cheered soft inflation data and hopeful tariff news, but momentum stalled in late-day trading.

Month-on-month, CPI inflation shrank 0.1%, reversing the 0.2% rise seen in September. October’s data shows that continued stimulus measures from Beijing and some pent-up demand did little to ...

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December CPI inflation edged down to 0.1% year-on-year, down from 0.2% YoY in November, and tying March 2024 for an 11-month low. A fall in food prices dragged inflation lower, but a small uptick ...

The way it works, WPI captures the movement of prices in wholesale markets and reflects the economy’s production structure, while CPI measures what consumers pay for goods and services.

China’s consumer inflation turned positive for the first time in six months, largely supported by the Lunar New Year holiday, when a spending boom pushed up prices.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a benchmark for measuring inflation, fell by 0.7% in February from the previous year, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Sunday.