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What's in the CPI basket and what makes the price change so volatile?

With inflation hitting a 30-month low, China needs more decisive monetary easing and may cut interest rates further in the coming weeks, if not days, says HSBC.

October CPI fell to 5.5% year-on-year. Easing is on the way, but no cake for all.

China's consumer price index may exceed the government's tolerance level again this year, according to an editorial in the official state newspaper.

However, China will have to stomach higher structural inflation in the next few years as the nation gets wealthier and wages increase at a double-digit rate, the brokerage firm argues.

The People's Bank of China has increased renminbi circulation by 80% in the past five years, but demand for wallet-ready bills grew by 20% each year, the bank said.

After a drop last year, our luxury index is on the rise. The silver lining: it's only a single-digit increase.

The PBoC raises its key policy rates for the first time since December 2007.

China's 3% inflation rate target comes as a surprise, as CPI is likely to exceed that level in the second quarter, economists warn.