Zhongxin Finance, May 16. On the 16th, the National Bureau of Statistics released data. From January to April, the national consumer price (CPI) rose by 1.4% year-on-year.
In April, the national consumer price rose by 2.1% year-on-year, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, and a month-on-month increase of 0.4%.
In terms of categories, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 1.9% year-on-year. Among the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol, grain prices rose by 2.7%, fresh fruit prices rose by 14.1%, fresh vegetables prices rose by 24.0%, and pork prices fell by 33.3%.
The core CPI after deducting food and energy prices rose by 0.9% year-on-year, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.
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