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Inflation China - consumer price index (CPI)
Graphs - historic inflation
Graph CPI China last year |
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Graph CPI China long-term |
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When we talk about the rate of inflation in China, this often refers to the rate of inflation based on the consumer price index, or CPI for short. The Chinese CPI shows the change in prices of a standard package of goods and services which Chinese households purchase for consumption. In order to measure inflation, an assessment is made of how much the CPI has risen in percentage terms over a give period compared to the CPI in a preceding period. If prices have fallen this is called deflation (negative inflation).
This page shows the current and historic CPI inflation figures for China.
For a summary of the current inflation figures for a large number of countries and regions please click here.
For detailed background information about inflation please click here.
Tables - current and historic CPI China
CPI CN recent months
| april 2012 |
3.447 % |
| march 2012 |
3.651 % |
| february 2012 |
3.235 % |
| january 2012 |
4.578 % |
| december 2011 |
4.064 % |
| november 2011 |
4.274 % |
| october 2011 |
5.628 % |
| september 2011 |
6.265 % |
| august 2011 |
6.368 % |
| july 2011 |
6.684 % |
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CPI CN recent years
| april 2012 |
3.447 % |
| april 2011 |
5.409 % |
| april 2010 |
2.615 % |
| april 2009 |
-1.498 % |
| april 2008 |
8.585 % |
| april 2007 |
3.023 % |
| april 2006 |
1.489 % |
| april 2005 |
1.782 % |
| april 2004 |
3.729 % |
| april 2003 |
0.980 % |
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