China sees first producer inflation in over three years - Reuters
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"The turnaround mainly to imported inflationary pressures and improved supply-demand dynamics in some domestic industries."
— Dong Lijuan , Academic
"Market competition has become more orderly, with prices for photovoltaic equipment and components and lithium-ion batteries rising by 5.2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively."
— Dong Lijuan , Academic
"While soaring international bulk commodity prices partially pushed up the PPI, the positive change also reflects the gradual recovery of the domestic industrial market and proves the effectiveness of policies including building a unified national market and anti-involution campaign."
— Li Changan , Academic
"The CPI growth rate indicates that the country maintains a moderate level of inflation, and is steadily advancing toward the annual CPI growth target of around 2 percent set out in this year's Government Work Report."
— Yang Delong , Academic
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China's factory-gate prices in March turned positive for the first time in more than three years, with the producer price index (PPI) increasing 0.5% year-on-year, ending a 41-month streak of declines.
China's factory-gate prices likely returned to growth in March, ending a 41-month run of declines as higher global oil prices lifted costs, with the producer price index (PPI) expected to rise 0.5% year-on-year.
China's factory-gate prices likely returned to growth in March, ending a 41-month run of declines as higher global oil prices pushed up industrial costs, with the producer price index (PPI) expected to rise 0.5% year-on-year.
China's producer price index (PPI) returned to year-on-year growth in March, ending a 41-month streak of decline, with the PPI rising 0.5% year-on-year, reversing a 0.9% drop in February.
China's factory-gate prices rose 0.5% year-on-year in March, ending a 41-month streak of declines, driven by rising import costs linked to the Middle East crisis.
China's Producer Price Index rose 0.5% year-on-year in March, ending a 41-month decline, driven by imported inflationary pressures and improved supply-demand dynamics in domestic industries.
China's consumer prices increased by 1% year-on-year in March, while the producer price index returned to growth, ending a 41-month decline, influenced by imported inflationary pressures.
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