Signs are emerging that the world's second-largest economy is stabilising. Image source: Reuters
China's consumer prices were flat in September, while factory-gate prices shrank at slower pace, official data showed on Friday, indicating deflationary pressures persist in the economy.
The consumer price index (CPI) was unchanged in September from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed, missing the forecast for a 0.2 per cent gain in a Reuters poll. CPI rose 0.1 per cent in August.
The producer price index (PPI) fell 2.5 per cent from a year earlier, the narrowest decline since March. Economists had predicted a 2.4 per cent fall for September.
Signs are emerging that the world's second-largest economy is stabilising, but concerns over the strength of recovery momentum remain.
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