Consumer, producer prices stay steady

Fluctuations in key gauges in line with nation's stabilizing economic growth

China's consumer and producer price indexes rose less than forecast in January, official data showed on Friday.

The consumer price index, a key gauge of the prices for goods and services, rose 1.7 percent year-on-year in January, lower than the expectations of 1.9 percent growth, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The CPI rose 1.9 percent in December.