Consumer prices up 1.8% in April

• Published in: China daily (North American ed.)
• Main Author: Su, Bei
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y China Daily 17.05.2005
• Edition: North American ed.
• Subjects: Consumer Price Index; Economists; Interest rates; Jian, Zhuang; Public utilities

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....