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Low-level inflation in China as industrial growth continues

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 08:58

BEIJING — China's inflation edged higher in August as the nation's worst flooding in a decade drove an increase in food costs and industrial growth continued to quicken.

Consumer prices rose 3.5 percent in August compared with a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Saturday. It was the highest level in 22 months and a small increase over July's 3.3 percent.

Much of the increase was fueled by a jump in food prices, which rose by 7.5 percent because summer storms and floods ruined crops and disrupted shipping.

Overall, the country's Consumer Price Index, increased 2.8 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2010, said Sheng Laiyun, the NBS spokesman. The Chinese government had set a target of trying to keep inflation within 3 percent for the year.

Industrial growth accelerated slightly to 13.9 percent year-on-year in August from July's 13.4 percent increase as China's recovery continues.

"For the past three months, it has fluctated between 13 percent to 14 percent so it's obvious that industrial operations have shifted from fast growth to stable growth now," Sheng said.

All 39 industries saw year-on-year growth in August, with textiles up 11.6 percent; chemical materials and products up 12.9 percent; general equipment manufacturing up 20.1 percent, and transportation equipment manufacturing up 16.6 percent, Sheng said.

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