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BEIJING - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its forecast of China's 2010 consumer price index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, to 3.2 percent from the 3.6 percent predicted in April.
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China's consumer prices, after falling for most of 2009, have edged up this year. In August, the CPI posted a 22-month high of 3.5 percent year on year.
China has set a target of a 3-percent rise in consumer prices this year. Official statistics show that, for the first eight months, the country's inflation increased 2.8 percent year on year, accelerating from the 2.7-percent gain in the year to July.