FILE PHOTO: Employees wearing masks work at a factory of the component maker SMC during a government organised tour of its facility following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory gate prices fell for the six straight month in July but at a slightly slower-than-expected rate, official data showed on Monday, as economic activity normalised after the coronavirus crisis.
The producer price index (PPI) fell 2.4% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement, compared with the median forecast for a 2.5% decline from a Reuters poll of analysts and a 3.0% drop in June.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7%, compared with a 2.6% increase tipped by a Reuters poll and a 2.5% increase in June.
Reporting by Yawen Chen and Se Young Lee; Editing by Sam Holmes
