The headline inflation index rose 2.3 per cent in June from a year earlier. That was below the 2.5 per cent price increases recorded in May and less than economists had forecast.
That is well within the government's inflation target, and signals the central bank will keep allowing money to flow easily around the economy as politicians attempt to stoke up growth.
Showing how Chinese businesses are struggling with the nation's growth slowdown, however, factory gate prices fell 1.1 per cent in June.
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