CCTV9英语新闻12月：中国的消费物价指数在十一月降至3%

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The growth of CPI, a main gauge¹ of inflation, slightly slowed in November. It grew 3 percent year on year, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October. Food prices, especially that of vegetables, were the main driver.

Last month, food prices jumped 5.9 percent year on year, while prices of non-food products moved up 1.6 percent.

Meanwhile, the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at wholesale² level, fell 1.4 percent from a year earlier.

People select fruit in a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 8, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 3 percent year on year in November, down from the 3.2 percent recorded in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. (Xinhua/Yang Shichao)