China says inflation slows to 1.9% in September
- Published: 15 Oct 2012 at 10.49
- Online news: Asia
China's inflation rate slowed in September, government data showed on Monday, satisfying an official desire to control price gains, but highlighting overall weakness in the world's second-largest economy.
A shopper checks the prices of vegetables a market in Hefei, east China's Anhui province in May 2012. China's inflation rate slowed in September, government data showed on Monday, satisfying an official desire to control price gains, but highlighting overall weakness in the world's second-largest economy.
The consumer price index rose 1.9 percent year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, slightly down from 2.0 percent in August.
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