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China faces challenge of boosting consumer demand amid rising producer prices

China's economy is showing signs of a potential price recovery, with producer prices increasing. However, this uptick in manufacturing costs is outpacing consumer demand and confidence. Policymakers face the challenge of stimulating household spending to solidify this recovery, otherwise, the rising costs could lead to a more fragile economic situation. AI

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China faces challenge of boosting consumer demand amid rising producer prices

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 · Tony Zhao ·

    Can China engineer a price recovery that doesn’t make people feel poorer?

    China may finally have a chance to loosen the grip of deflation. Yet, the more important question is whether it can do so without making households feel poorer first. The latest producer price index (PPI), which measures the prices factories charge, brings that possibility back i…