NBS: China's Jan CPI rises 0.2%, PPI falls 1.4% YoY

China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January increased by 0.2% from the same month in the previous year and gained 0.2% from last December, while the country's Producer Price Index (PPI) dropped 1.4% on year, though it climbed 0.4% on month, according to the latest data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday.

The 0.2% on-year increase in the country's January CPI narrowed from last December's 0.8% increase, mainly because domestic consumer prices in January 2025 were inflated by the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, creating a high base for comparison, and steeper declines of energy prices also put a drag on