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China prices show August drop, investment rising


Consumer prices in China fell further in August while government-funded investment picked up slightly, official data showed Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week.

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The consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, fell 1.2 percent in August compared with the same month a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.

August's inflation figure was the seventh consecutive monthly decline, and compared with a 1.8 percent decrease in July July: see month. .

The statistics bureau said also that China's industrial output expanded by 12.3 percent in August from a year earlier, compared with a 10.8 percent expansion in July.

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 rose 33 percent in the first eight months of the year, on a par with growth of 32.9 percent in the January-July period.

Retail sales, the main measure of consumer spending Consumer demand or consumption is also known as personal consumption expenditure. It is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level. , rose 15.4 percent in August compared with the same month last year, the government said.

In July, the figure was up 15.2 percent from a year earlier.

The Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
  • Chinese Soviet Republic
  • Provisional Government of the Republic of China
  • Reformed Government of the Republic of China
 sees consumer spending as a key factor in boosting the economy.
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