Rate of sales' rise in decline
A man looks at a set of weighing scales before buying a piece of pork at a market in Beijing. Pork prices increased 56.7 percent year-on-year in July in China, one of the major factors that led to the consumer price index hitting 6.5 percent last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Doug Kanter / Bloomberg |
People are saving more despite inflation higher than interest rates, say economy observers
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