MNI DATA TABLE: China CPI Sub-Indexes by Category (Jan-2019)

                                 Jan   Dec   Nov  Oct  Sep  Aug  Jul   Jun

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Overall CPI                      1.7   1.9   2.2  2.5  2.5  2.3  2.1   1.9

Year-to-date                     1.7   2.1   2.1  2.1  2.1  2.0  2.0   2.0

Month-on-month                   0.5   0.0  -0.3  0.2  0.7  0.7  0.3  -0.1

Urban CPI                        1.8   1.9   2.2  2.5  2.4  2.3  2.1   1.8

Rural CPI                        1.7   1.9   2.2  2.6  2.5  2.3  2.0   1.9

Food                             1.9   2.5   2.5  3.3  3.6  1.7  0.5   0.3

Non-food                         1.7   1.7   1.4  2.4  2.2  2.5  2.4   2.2

Food, Tobacco & Alcohol          2.0   2.4   2.5  2.9  3.0  1.9  1.0   0.8

Clothing                         1.6   1.5   1.4  1.4  1.2  1.3  1.2   1.1

Residence                        2.1   2.2   2.4  2.5  2.6  2.5  2.4   2.3

Household Articles & Services    1.5   1.4   1.5  1.5  1.6  1.6  1.6   1.5

Transportation & Communication  -1.3  -0.7   1.6  3.2  2.8  2.7  3.0   2.4

Recreation & Education           2.9   2.3   2.5  2.5  2.2  2.6  2.3   1.8

Health Care                      2.7   2.5   2.6  2.6  2.7  4.3  4.6   5.0

Other Articles & Services        2.3   1.6   1.5  1.3  0.7  1.2  1.2   0.9

     - All figures y/y percentage changes unless otherwise specified.

     - The National Bureau of Statistics adopted a new weighting and new items

in its CPI basket starting January 2016. The MNI China Data Table was adjusted

accordingly to reflect this change. Old data series before 2015 no longer apply

in the new table. 

     - Source: National Bureau of Statistics 

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