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Slight CPI uptick
Writer: | Editor: Zhang Zhiqing | From: Shenzhen Daily | Updated: 2025-02-10
China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.5% year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.
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The figure was up from the 0.1% increase registered last month, largely due to the influence of the Spring Festival holiday, said NBS statistician Dong Lijuan. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.6% from a year ago in January, up from the 0.4% increase in December 2024.