China's consumer price index (CPI) edged up to 1.6% in December, from 1.5% in November. The rise was largely driven by food prices, which rose 2.7%, and contributed 0.91 percentage point to the headline CPI. The producer price index (PPI) declined 5.9% in December, flat from the previous month, as commodity prices continued to slide. […]

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