China's consumer prices reported mild increases in October as the domestic demand continued to improve amid a sustained economic recovery.
The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was
Falling energy prices dragged down the price level last month, while food prices registered stable growth, according to NBS statistician Dong Lijuan.
The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.2% from a year ago in October, up from 0.1% in September.
On a monthly basis, the CPI slipped 0.3% in October after remaining unchanged in September.
The NBS data also showed the country's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went down 2.9% year on year in October, slightly widening from the 2.8% decline in September.
Compared to a month earlier, the PPI only dropped 0.1%, narrowing from the 0.6% decline in September and 0.7% in August.
