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China's inflation rises 1.7% in Oct
China's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, grew 1.7 percent year on year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Friday.
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China's fiscal revenues rise 13.7%
China's fiscal revenues grew 13.7 percent year-on-year to 1.04 trillion yuan ($165 billion) in October.
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China's Oct new yuan lending drops
China's new yuan-denominated lending in October stood at 505.2 billion yuan ($80.32 billion), dropping 81.6 billion yuan from a year earlier.
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Oct exports rise 11.6%, imports up 2.4%
China's exports rose 11.6 percent from one year earlier in October while imports climbed 2.4 percent year-on-year, said the General Administration of Customs.
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China's Oct PPI drops 2.8%
China's PPI, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, dropped 2.8 percent year-on-year in October, compared with a 3.6-percent decline in September.
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Fixed-asset investment up 20.7%
China's fixed asset investment rose 20.7 percent year-on-year to 29.25 trillion yuan ($4.64 trillion) in the first ten months of 2012.
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Retail sales up 14.1% in first ten months
China's retail sales grew 14.1 percent year-on-year to 16.84 trillion yuan ($2.67 trillion) in the first ten months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.
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China's Oct industrial output rises 9.6%
China's value-added industrial output rose 9.6 percent year-on-year in October, picking up from 9.2 percent in September, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday.
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Chinese manufacturing picks up in Oct
China's manufacturing activity rejuvenated in October, official data showed Thursday. The purchasing managers' index rose to 50.2 percent in October.
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