China's consumer inflation up 0.1 per cent YoY in June

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was up O.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday.

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The CPI in urban regions rose O.1 per cent year-on-year last month, while that in the rural regions was down 0.2 per cent, according to the data.

On a monthly basis, the CPI dipped O.1 percent in June, China Daily quoted the data as showing.

In the first half of 2025, the country’s CPI posted a O.1-percent decline compared with the same period last year, according to the bureau.

The official data also indicated that the producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went down 3.6 per cent year-on-year in June.

On a month-on-month basis, the PPI dropped 0.4 per cent in June, according to the data.

In the first half of 2025, the PPI dropped by 2.8 per cent year-on-year, the data showed.

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China's consumer prices fell at a slower pace in March, while the annual decline in factory-gate prices deepened, official data showed on Thursday.

The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, fell by O.1 per cent year-on-year in March after a 0.7 per cent drop in February, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). China Daily reported that within the CPI, food prices experienced a year-on-year decline of 1.4 per cent, compared to a decrease of 3.3 per cent in February.

Month-on-month, the CPI dipped 0.4 per cent in March, following a 0.2 per cent drop in February.