| China CPI growth rebounds to 3.6 pct in March |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-04-09 09:40 |
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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, expands 3.6 percent year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The growth rebounds slightly from the 3.2-percent rate registered in February, the lowest pace in 20 months.
The country's CPI climbed 3.8 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year. On a monthly basis, CPI edged up 0.2 percent in March, the NBS said.
Food prices, which account for nearly one-third of the weighting in the calculation of China's CPI, increased 7.5 percent last month from one year earlier.
China PPI down 0.3 pct in March
China's Producer Price Index (PPI), a main gauge of inflation at the wholesale level, fell 0.3 percent in March from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. |
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