China's CPI to rise 2.5% this year

时间：2007-02-02 01:15:46

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BEIJING, Jan. 31 - China's consumer price index (CPI)is expected to climb 2.5 percent in 2007, according to a forecast of the Ministry1 of Commerce.

 

CPI went up 1.5 percent year-on-year in 2006, slightly lower than the 1.8 percent a year earlier.

 

High gasoline price is a major cause of consumer price hike, said an official with the ministry's department of market operation regulation, which issued the forecast.

 

He said some goods may experience big price hikes in case of disasters and when demand far exceeds supply in the global market. If such situations occur, the consumer price might be even higher.

 

The People's Bank of China, or the central bank, said that the nation's grain price went up 9.1 percent in December last year compared with the same month of the previous year.

 

Retail2 sales in China is expected to jump around 13 percent year-on-year to 8.6 trillion yuan (1.1 trillion U.S. dollars) this year, according to the forecast.

 

Rising incomes of urban residents and increasing use of cars will fuel spending on health care, tourism, recreation, cosmetics3, gifts and jewelry4, it says.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 retail VWoxC     
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
3 cosmetics 5v8zdX     
n.化妆品
参考例句：
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
4 jewelry 0auz1     
n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝
参考例句：
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

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