Beijing, April 9 (IANS) China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, expanded 3.6 percent year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The growth rebounds slightly from the 3.2-percent rate registered in February, the lowest pace in 20 months.
The country's CPI climbed 3.8 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year. On a monthly basis, CPI edged up 0.2 percent in March, the NBS said.
Food prices, which account for nearly one-third of the weighting in the calculation of China's CPI, increased 7.5 percent last month from one year earlier, reported Xinhua.
|
|
Read More: National Book Trust | National Literacy Mission | National Physical Laboratory | R K Puram (main) | Post Bureau Extn Counter | Bureau Of Mines | Chennai National Terminal | Durgapur Dsp Sb Bureau | Durgapur Asp Sb Bureau | Kaziranga National Park | Anelih | Anini | Kamlang Nagar | Kherem | Chowkham | Medo | Momong | Wakro | Wingko | Betla National Park | CPI
Comments:
