Citizens are shopping at a supermarket in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, on March 9, 2024.
China's consumer prices rose in April for a third straight month, while producer prices extended declines, suggesting resilient domestic demand, despite a shaky economic recovery.
The consumer price index (CPI) edged up 0.3% in April from a year earlier, accelerating from a rise of 0.1% in March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday.
CPI rose 0.1% from the previous month, reversing a drop of 1% in March and above a decline of 0.1% predicted by economists.
The producer price index (PPI) dropped 2.5% in April from a year earlier, easing from a slide of 2.8% the previous month and compared with a forecast decline of 2.3%.
Organizations:
National Bureau of Statistics, Labour, Communist Party
Locations:
Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu, China