What's outlook of China's CPI and PPI and will the central bank continue with its relatively loose monetary policies in the coming months?
China's consumer prices have been kept within the comfort zone of policy makers, despit rising housing prices and recent monetary policy stimulus. So will this trend continue in the coming months?
Producer Prices have been falling for almost four years now but the decline has narrowed. Analysts believe that PPI will continue to improve this year and might even turn positive.
The People's Bank of China has revised up its estimates of consumer inflation to 2.4% for the year from 1.7%, citing rising food and property prices as well as improvement in producer prices, which will impact future consumer prices.