3月份我國CPI及PPI同比漲幅均有所回落

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1% year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last Wednesday.

國家統計局上週三透露，今年3月，全國居民消費價格指數（CPI）同比增長2.1%。

The increase was down from 2.9% for February. On a month-on-month basis, CPI declined 1.1%, according to the bureau.

這一漲幅較2月2.9%的有所回落。統計局的數據顯示，從環比來看，CPI下降了1.1%。

NBS statistician Sheng Guoqing attributed the month-on-month drop to the ebb of holiday factors, which pushed up demand in February.

統計局統計師繩國慶將環比回落歸因於2月推高人們需求的節日因素的消退。

Food prices went down 4.2% in March compared with February, contributing 0.86 percentage point to the month-on-month decline in CPI.

相較2月，3月的食品價格下降4.2%，影響CPI環比下降0.86個百分點。

As travel demand faded after the Spring Festival, prices of air tickets, travel agency charges, and long-distance bus tickets dropped 18.7%, 11.7%, and 4.7% respectively, compared with February.

隨着春節後出行需求的回落，機票價格、旅行社收費和長途汽車票價分別較2月下降18.7%、11.7%和4.7%。

China expects CPI to increase by around 3 percent this year, according to a government work report released in March.

根據3月份發佈的一份政府工作報告，中國預計今年CPI將上漲約3個百分點。

The producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 3.1 percent year on year in March, easing from a growth of 3.7 percent in February, NBS data showed.

國家統計局的數據顯示，衡量工業品出廠價格的生產者價格指數（PPI）在3月份同比上漲3.1%，較2月份的3.7%有所放緩。