Chinese consumers appear to have become more worried about inflation recently. But these concerns may reflect a broader sense of unease among households in response to a weakening labour market rather than about inflation itself, which seems likely to remain fairly contained. Policymakers, for their part, still seem more concerned about slowing growth than about inflation risks and have continued to expand their efforts to lower financing costs and boost lending.
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