China's National Bureau of Statistics said food, tobacco and alcohol and
dining-out prices fell 0.5% month-on-month in October, subtracting about 0.16
percentage points from CPI. Fresh vegetable prices fell 5.8% MoM, trimming
roughly 0.09 ppt from CPI; eggs fell 5.2% (-0.03 ppt); aquatic products fell
1.3% (-0.02 ppt). Livestock meat was flat overall; pork eased 1.0% MoM. Among
other major categories, transport & communication rose 1.0% MoM, education,
culture & entertainment rose 0.3%, healthcare rose 0.1%; clothing and housing
were unchanged; other goods & services fell 1.1% and household goods & services
fell 0.2%.
