China's consumer inflation up 1.7 pct in September
BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.7 percent year on year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.
The growth eased from the 2.4-percent rise registered in August.
The CPI edged up 0.2 percent month on month in September, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in August.
Dong Lijuan, a senior statistician with the NBS, attributed the easing CPI growth to moderating food prices, especially vegetables and pork.
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