Economics

China’s Slowing Factory Prices Add to Deflation, Profit Concerns

  • Producer price growth slows for seventh month to 0.1 percent
  • Slowing PPI hits corporate profits and exports disinflation
Trinh Nguyen of Natixis Asia discusses China’s January CPI and PPI data and what it means for the economy. (Source: Bloomberg)
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China’s factory inflation decelerated for a seventh month, adding to concerns about the return of deflation and the impact that will have on already weak corporate profits.