Worries about deflation following the release of today’s price data from China are overdone. Last month's drop in consumer price inflation was due to a sharp fall of vegetable price inflation, which is likely to be short-lived. Producer price inflation remains negative, but this is primarily the result of weakness in global commodity prices rather than industry-wide overcapacity.
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