In March 2026, China's CPI sustained a moderate YoY increase, but the growth edged down to 1%, Dong Lijuan, Chief Statistician of the City Department of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said in an interpretation of the CPI data.Specifically, prices of industrial consumer goods rose by 2.2%, expanding by 1.1 ppts from the previous month, contributing about 0.67 ppts to the YoY increase in CPI. Among the industrial consumer goods, gold jewelry prices stood out with a surge of 65.8%, even though the growth rate already narrowed by 10.8 ppts.Related NewsInflation Rate YoY for Mar in China is 1.0%, lower than the previous value of 1.3%. The forecast was 1.2%.
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