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China's CPI up 2.5 pct in June

CHINA-ECONOMY-CPI (CN)

A citizen selects vegetables at a supermarket in Changchun City, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 8, 2020. Consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew 2.5 percent year on year last month, expanding from the 2.4-percent gain in May, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. (Photo by Yan Linyun/Xinhua)

BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

The rate picked up from the 2.4-percent growth in May.

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