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China's February PPI down 4.8 pct

2015-03-10 09:52 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
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China's producer price index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, declined a record 4.8 percent year on year in February amid weak domestic demand, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.

The factory-gate price decline deepened from January's 4.3 percent and December's 3.3 percent, and posted its steepest fall since March 2012 when the index started a downward trend, according to the NBS.

However, on a monthly basis, PPI contracted 0.7 percent in February, narrowing from 1.1 percent fall in January.

Yu Qiumei, a senior NBS statistician, attributed the slower monthly decline to an improvement in the factory-gate prices in oil processing, chemical, and non-ferrous metal industries.(Updated)

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