Chinese Consumer Price Index (YoY): +4.5% (vs +4.7 % exp)

China has released the Dec CPI and PPI data arrived.

Data as follows

• CPI +4.5% Y/Y vs +4.7% expected.
• China December PPI -0.5 pct y/y (Reuters poll -0.4 pct).
• China December PPI 0.0 pct from the previous month.

Analysts comments

Headline CPI hit 4.5%yr in November, a high since Jan 2012, but with food prices up 19.1%yr (pork 110.2%yr).

Analysts at Westpac noted.

Description

The Consumer Price Index is released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. It is a measure of retail price variations within a representative basket of goods and services. The result is a comprehensive summary of the results extracted from the urban consumer price index and rural consumer price index. The purchase power of the CNY is dragged down by inflation. The CPI is a key indicator to measure inflation and changes in purchasing trends. A substantial consumer price index increase would indicate that inflation has become a destabilizing factor in the economy, potentially prompting The People’s Bank of China to tighten monetary policy and fiscal policy risk. Generally speaking, a high reading is seen as positive (or bullish) for the CNY, while a low reading is seen as negative (or Bearish) for the CNY.