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New York (USA), Jul 13 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Alba Vigaray) The inflation rate continues its sustained boom in the United States as the economy reactivates after the pandemic, and in June the rise in consumer prices was 5.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Tuesday.
Shanghai,Jul 9 (EFE/EPA).- China's Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main inflation indicator, grew 2.5 percent year-on-year in June against the 2.4 percent growth it posted in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.The figure is in line with analysts' forecasts, which had predicted an increase in inflation of around 2.5 percent in the month of June.(Camera: ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF SHANGHAI, CHINA. (8 JULY 2020)
Beijing, Apr 10 (EFE/EPA).- China's consumer price index, the main inflation indicator, grew 4.3 percent year-on-year in March after standing at 5.2 percent in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.Inflation grew below the 5 percent mark for the first time in 2020 and recorded the lowest increase since October 2019 when it moved up 3.8 percent.(Camera: WU HONG)FOOTAGE SHOWS SOME TOURISTIC AREAS IN BEIJING AND THE COMMERCIAL STREET OF QUIANMEN, CHINA.
The Fed predicts a 5.2 percent rate of inflation, as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price index, before falling rapidly to 2.6 percent next year and 2.2 percent in 2024, Chair Jerome Powell says during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
The chair of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, predicts an annual inflation rate of 4.2 percent in 2021, up from the 3.4 percent forecast in June, dropping to 2.2 percent in 2022. SOUNDBITE