China consumer price growth weaken in June while producer inflation quickens
The post China consumer price growth weaken in June while producer inflation quickens appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A container ship is berthed at the container terminal in Qingdao, China’s eastern Shandong province on June 25, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images China’s consumer prices grew slower than expected in June, while wholesale inflation accelerated, as elevated energy costs continued to sap domestic demand. Consumer prices rose 1% in June from a year ago, missing economists’ estimates of 1.1% growth in a Reuters poll, and slowing from 1.2% in May, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The producer price index jumped 4.1% from a year earlier, in line with economists’ forecast and outpacing May’s 3.9%. Factory-gate prices had returned to growth in March with input costs rising on the back of the Middle East conflict, helping end one of China’s longest deflationary streaks in decades. Besides higher commodity costs owed to war-led supply di