China’s NDRC: CPI to grow mildly in 2021, remain within target
|China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to increase slightly this year and remain within the official target, Meng Wei, a spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Monday.
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“Price trends in China will be influenced by external factors as global commodity prices rise.”
“But the impact would be limited and controllable.”
Note that China has set a target for CPI at around 3% this year.
China’s CPI for February outpaced expectations. China CPI (YoY) Feb arrived at -0.2% vs.-0.4% expectations and -0.3% previous.
USD/CNY better bid in Asia
USD/CNY is defending minor bids, off the highs, amid broad-based US dollar bounce. The spot remains unperturbed by the above comments, as it trades at 6.5248 by the press time.
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