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China CPI Rises 5.9% in 2008
[2009-01-22 14:21:10]
China's consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.9 percent last year, signaling a continued easing trend since last May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.
The CPI was 1.1 percentage points higher than in 2007, but was down from the 6.3 percent for the January-November period.
The CPI climbed 2.4 percent in November from a year earlier, easing for the seventh month in a row and down from a 12-year-highof 8.7 percent in February.
Source:Xinhua
The CPI was 1.1 percentage points higher than in 2007, but was down from the 6.3 percent for the January-November period.
The CPI climbed 2.4 percent in November from a year earlier, easing for the seventh month in a row and down from a 12-year-highof 8.7 percent in February.
Source:Xinhua
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