China releases February's CPI and PPI

CHINA's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by 1.5 percent Year on Year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday. CHINA had set the CPI target for 2019 at 3 percent.

The country's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, edged up 0.1 percent Year on Year in February, according to the Bureau.

(with inputs from Xinhua)