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China Consumer Price Growth Eases, Reflecting Caution on the Economy

While the scrapping of Covid controls has opened up the economy, joblessness and an uncertain outlook have kept a lid on domestic spending

A vendor at a food market in Beijing last month. Photo: wu hao/Shutterstock

SINGAPORE—Inflation in China eased for the second straight month in March despite signs of a pickup in the economy, a cautionary signal on the strength of the nation’s recovery as it emerges from nearly three years of strict Covid-19 controls.

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