China's economy extended its steady growth, expanding higher than expected by 6.8 percent year on year in the first half of 2018, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed yesterday. The gross domestic product rose 6.8 percent to 41.9 trillion yuan (US$6.3 trillion) in the first half from the same period of last year, the bureau said. The economic growth in the first quarter was 6.8 percent, and 6.7 percent in the second, ...
CHINA'S consumer inflation rose slightly faster in June amid higher food prices. The Consumer Price Index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.9 percent year on year in June, faster than the 1.8 percent annual growth in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. On a monthly basis, the CPI dipped by 0.1 percent in June, and this dip was 0.1 percentage point slower from May. Sheng Guoqing, the bureau’s ...
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