China PPI rise 5.5%, CPI up 1.5% in June

A woman looks at vegetable prices at a supermarket in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. [Photo/China Daily]

BEIJING — China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 5.5 percent year-on-year in June, flat with the pace in May, official data showed Monday.

China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year-on-year in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.