China

Headline CPI

Headline CPI tracks consumer price inflation across the full household basket. It is the public-facing inflation measure most sensitive to food, energy, and other volatile prices.

CPI Inflation - China

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The reading right now

As of January 2024, Headline CPI for China stood at 0.22%. That is down 0.02 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 1.45%, ranging from a low of 0.22% in January 2024 to a high of 2.9% in January 2019. The current reading sits 1.4 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 1.61%.

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