A customer shops at a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 9, 2023.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April.
On a monthly basis, the prices were slightly down by 0.2 percent, expanding from the 0.1-percent decline in the previous month.
The core CPI, deducting food and energy prices, was up by 0.6 percent from a year earlier.
NBS statistician Dong Lijuan attributed the year-on-year price increase mainly to a high base in the corresponding period of 2022.
"In May, the CPI was generally stable," Dong said. ■
A customer looks at a vehicle during an automobile fair in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, June 9, 2023.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)
A customer shops at a supermarket in Renhuai, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 9, 2023.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. (Photo by Chen Yong/Xinhua)
Customers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou, east China's Shandong Province, June 9, 2023.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. (Photo by Wang Jilin/Xinhua)
A customer shops at a supermarket in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, June 9, 2023.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
Customers shop at a supermarket in Hai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 9, 2023.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.2 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
The figure was higher than the 0.1-percent increase in April. (Photo by Xu Jinbai/Xinhua)
