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? China's consumer price index (CPI) expanded 3.6 percent year-on-year in March.?? Food prices increased 7.5 percent last month from one year earlier.?? CPI climbed 3.8 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year.Consumers choose goods at a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, March 17, 2012. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, expands 3.6 percent year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on April 9, 2012. (/Liu Ying)BEIJING, April 9 () -- China's inflation rebounded slightly in March after logging a relatively low growth in February, but analysts generally believe prices will drift lower in the following months despite lingering uncertainties.China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, expanded 3.6 percent year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.The growth represents a climb from the 3.2-percent rate registered in February, the lowest pace in 20 months.Despite the rebound, analysts said the overall downward trend of inflation will not be changed for the whole year as factors that drove up the index are mostly short-lived.As a major driver of the growth, China's food prices, which account for nearly one-third of the weighting in the CPI calculation, increased 7.5 percent last month from one year earlier.Statistics from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) showed that the wholesale prices of 18 staple vegetables rose for four consecutive weeks from February, posting an increase of 9.7 percent by early March.Tang Jianwei, senior analyst at the Bank of Communications, attributed the surge to inclement weather and held that the trend will be stemmed when the weather gradually warms up.Citing MOC data, he said vegetable prices already began to drop in late March.The price of pork, China's staple meat, went up 11.3 percent year-on-year in March, pulling back 4.6 percentage points from February.Prices of non-food items climbed 1.8 percent year-on-year in February, up 0.2 percent on a monthly basis.The latest rebound also comes as the public fret over fuel price hikes that have triggered a fresh wave of inflation concerns.To reflect price changes on the international crude oil market, China last month lifted fuel prices for the second time in a year.Though oil price hikes have had only a minor impact on CPI growth as fuel only plays a small part in the calculation, the pass-on effect, which would affect the key logistics sector, should not be ignored, analysts said.Zhao Xijun, deputy dean of the School of Finance at Renmin University, said the price rises will gradually be reflected in the index when squeezed enterprises begin to pass on the cost to consumers.He also warned about possible risks of imported inflation because of volatility in the international market, adding the biggest uncertainty lies in oil prices if the situation in the Middle East worsens.Even though uncertainties abound, analysts are largely optimistic that the government can meet its price control target for the year, as the rounds of tightening policies earlier on will continue to wield influence.The government is aiming to keep CPI increases to around 4 percent.The country's CPI climbed 3.8 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year.China's inflation went beyond the government's full-year target of 4 percent last year, hitting 5.4 percent, and only begun to show signs of easing this year as the government's efforts to hem in the runaway prices gradually worked.China's central bank raised banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) 12 times to a record high of 21.5 percent between 2010 and December 2011. It has also hiked interest rates five times since October 2010.As inflation concerns gradually ease, the government is taking cautious steps, including an RRR lowering in November 2011 and again in February this year, to loosen policies in a bid to spur the slowing economy.Lu Zhengwei, chief economist of the Industrial Bank, said he expects another cut later this month.Related:China PPI down 0.3 pct in March BEIJING, April 9 () -- China's Producer Price Index (PPI), a main gauge of inflation at the wholesale level, fell 0.3 percent in March from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. Full storyChina targets 4% consumer price rise this yearBEIJING, March 5 () -- China aims to hold this year's consumer price growth at around 4 percent, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual parliamentary session on Monday.?Full storySlowdown but no hard landing in 2012, economists sayBEIJING, Feb. 3 (net) -- Although forecasts for China's growth rate vary, analysts and economists agree that the world's second-largest economy will achieve a soft landing in 2012, with the prospect of further easing measures. Full storyChina's economy to grow 8.5 pct in Q1: think tank BEIJING, Feb. 9 () -- China's economy is expected to expand by 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2012, a government think tank said Thursday.Squeezed by a deteriorating export environment and the government campaign to rein in the property market, the country's economic growth will continue to fall steadily during the first quarter, the State Information Center said in a statement. Full storyInflation eases to 20-month low in Feb.BEIJING, March 9 () -- China's inflation rose in February at its lowest pace in 20 months, providing more room for the government to stimulate growth in the world's second-largest economy.The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased 3.2 percent year-on-year last month, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. Full storyChina's January CPI rise accelerates to 4.5%BEIJING, Feb. 9 () -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. Full story
In this file photo taken on April 1, 2010, a Toyota Sienna is presented during the media preview of the New York International Auto Show at Javits center.? (/Shen Hong, File Photo)                          TOKYO, April 27 () -- Seiji Maehara, Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, said Tuesday he plans to hold talks with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about Toyota's recent recalls.    Maehara, scheduled to visit the U.S. from Thursday to Saturday, said at a news conference he is confident the beleaguered automaker's recall problems will not adversely affect the two nations' bilateral alliance or economic relationship.    Japan's transport minister added that he plans to trumpet the virtues of Toyota's business in the U.S., including the positive impact vehicle production has had on the U.S. economy.    In the wake of global recalls of more than 8 million vehicles, over problems connected to unwanted acceleration, braking and floor mats, Toyota has actively tried to push a "safety first" message to repair its tarnished public image.    However, earlier this month Toyota agreed to pay a 16.4 million U.S. dollar fine for hiding, for at least four months, accelerator pedal defects blamed in more than 50 deaths in the U.S.    "Toyota failed to live up to its legal obligations," said LaHood at a recent news conference.                   1 2      1 2
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