China Producer Prices Fall the Least Since 2024 in World Economy News 09/03/2026 China’s producer prices fell 0.9% year-on-year in February 2026, easing from a 1.4% decline in the previous month and better than market expectations of a 1.1% drop. This marked the softest producer deflation since July 2024, reflecting Beijing’s ongoing efforts to curb excessive price competition. Prices for production materials fell at a slower pace (-0.7% vs -1.3% in January), with deflation easing for raw materials (-1.9% vs -2.0%) and intermediate goods (-5.3% vs -8.1%), while prices rebounded for processed goods (0.3% vs -0.4%). Consumer goods prices also declined more gradually (-1.6% vs -1.7%), particularly for clothing (-1.0% vs -0.7%), food (-1.8% vs -1.9%), and durable goods (-1.6% vs -1.8%), while deflation for daily-use items remained steady at 1.8%. On a monthly basis, producer prices stood at 0.4%, unchanged from January. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-09 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share