China consumer inflation falls below 1% in March

China’s consumer price inflation fell below one percent in March, official figures showed Tuesday, a sign of weak demand as the world’s second largest economy tries to recover from its pandemic-driven slump.

The March consumer price index (CPI) — the main gauge of inflation — came in at 0.7 percent, down from the one percent seen a month earlier, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).