Consumer prices up 1.8% in April

Zhu Jianfang, an economist at Beijing-based China Securities, said last month's CPI was lower than expected. China's CPI had reached a seven-year high of 5.3 per cent in July and August last year. Last year's CPI stood at 3.9 per cent, below the government's target of 4 per cent....

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Published inChina daily (North American ed.)
Main Author Su, Bei
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y China Daily 17.05.2005
EditionNorth American ed.
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Consumer Price Index
Economists
Interest rates
Jian, Zhuang
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Summary:Zhu Jianfang, an economist at Beijing-based China Securities, said last month's CPI was lower than expected. China's CPI had reached a seven-year high of 5.3 per cent in July and August last year. Last year's CPI stood at 3.9 per cent, below the government's target of 4 per cent. Zhuang Jian, a senior economist at the Asian Development Bank, said last month's CPI figure was reasonable.
ISSN:0748-6154