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China has ‘room’ for imported inflation, but economic risks rising: PBOC adviser
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China has ‘room’ for imported inflation, but economic risks rising: PBOC adviser

March 31, 2026
South China Morning Post
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China has sufficient leeway to cope with imported inflationary shocks from Middle East instability, a monetary-policy adviser to the People’s Bank of China said, but the country must balance those pressures with economic-growth risks. Huang Yiping, a member of the PBOC’s Monetary Policy Committee, said that China was already experiencing upwards pressure on prices.

China has ‘room’ for imported inflation, but economic risks rising: PBOC adviser

But China’s consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, has remained below its official target of 2 per cent in recent...

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