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Benign inflation

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China’s stats bureau released the monthly inflation data for January on Friday.
The headlines:

The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.1% y/y in January, up from 1.8% growth in December.
The producer price index (PPI) fell 0.8% y/y in January – compared to a 0.7% fall in December.

January’s inflatio...