boosting tourism and spending. The holiday fell entirely in January this year, compared with the previous one that extended into February. That means there was a much higher base of comparison in 2024.
On an annual basis, food climbed 2.5% in 2024 while energy nudged down by 0.5%. Shelter prices, which comprise about one-third of the CPI weighting, rose by 0.3% but were up 4.6% from a year ago, the smallest one-year gain since January 2022. Services prices excluding rents rose 4% ...
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer inflation rose faster in January, driven by a surging demand for travel, dining and shopping during the Spring Festival holiday, the country's most celebrated festival. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main inflation gauge, was up 0.5 per...
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the so-called core CPI accelerated 0.4% in January and was up 3.9% from a year ago, unchanged from December. The forecast had been for 0.3% and 3.7%, respectively. Shelter prices, which compris...
The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.6 percent from a year ago in January, up from the 0.4-percent increase in December 2024. On a monthly basis, the CPI expanded 0.7 percent in January, the data showed.
Listeners are also invited to join the event China’s Economic Outlook 2025: Opportunities for FIEs after the Central Economic Work Conference on 16th January in Beijing or online. 本期涵盖以下内容: 2024年12月及全年的工...
This graph depicts the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of motorcycles in France between May 2020 and December 2024.
A customer shops at a supermarket in Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 9, 2024. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.7 percent year on year in February, reversing a 0.8-percent decline in January, official data showed Saturday...
The median estimate (year-over-year, not seasonally adjusted) for the consumer price index (CPI) for the month of March 2024 is 3.4%. If 3.4% is the actual year-over-year increase in the CPI, it will mark the highest year-over-year increase since December 2023 (also 3.4%). Last...
(from December 14, 2024 to February 15, 2025) will pull down inflation in January, particularly in categories such as food services and semi-durable goods. The Bank of Canada projects headline and core CPI inflation to average 2.1% and 2.5% over Q1, respectively. The BoC has room to ease...