China's CPI Continues to Rise in July 2015

  • Monday, August 10, 2015
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:CPI index
[Fellow]China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose to 1.6 percent inJuly, the highest level seen in 2015.

[Ferro-alloys.com] China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose to 1.6 percent inJuly, the highest level seen in 2015.

On a monthly basis, consumer prices edged up 0.3 percent in July, the National Bureau ofStatistics (NBS) announced on Sunday.

For the first seven months, CPI increased 1.3 percent year on year.

NBS statistician Yu Qiumei attributed the CPI hike mainly to higher pork prices. Costs formedical care, vegetables, housekeeping, tobacco, education were also on the rise.

The Chinese government aims to keep its consumer inflation at around 3 percent for 2015.(Source from China Daily)

China's CPI continues to rise in July

  • [Editor:Yueleilei]

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