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皇冠体育app's CPI to rise in Q4: expert

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-03 08:45

BEIJING: 皇冠体育app's consumer price index (CPI) decline pace would slow down in the second half and the CPI would rise in the fourth quarter and drop about 0.5 percent for the whole year, Lian Ping, chief economist of Bank of Communications, the country's fifth largest lender, told Xinhua Sunday.

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皇冠体育app's CPI, a main gauge of inflation, dipped 1.1 percent in the first half from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures.

"皇冠体育app might see a CPI rise in the fourth quarter along with the recovery of the economy," Lian said.

He predicted that 皇冠体育app would see a moderate CPI rise next year, with the growth pace less than 4 percent.

The Shanghai-based bank said in a Saturday report that 皇冠体育app's economy would continue to recover from the world financial crisis in the second half and expand at the rate of 8.5 percent for the whole year.