In November, factory-gate prices in China fell annually for a second month, but consumer inflation slowed. This indicates a weakening of output and softening of demand in an economy that has been hampered by strict economic controls.
The government is expected to maintain low interest rates and take action to increase confidence, according to analysts.
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) statistics released on Friday showed that the producer pricing index (PPI) was down 1.3% from a year earlier, maintaining the annual drop witnessed in October. That decreased less quickly than the 1.4% drop predicted in a Reuters survey.
Compared to a year earlier, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 1.6% in November, which was less than the 2.1% annual increase observed in October but in line with a Reuters poll. This was the weakest rate of growth for the CPI in the past eight months.
According to these data, Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, the economic momentum (continues) to deteriorate.
Tuesday's high-level Politburo meeting of the Communist Party, which is in power, stressed that the government's priorities for 2023 would be stabilizing growth, fostering domestic demand, and expanding its international relations.
The government, according to Zhang, would take additional steps to boost the economy even though pandemic curbs had been loosened over the previous week.
Weak confidence was "recognized as a serious challenge for the economy at the Politburo meeting," he said. The brisk speed of reopening demonstrates the government's feeling of urgency, so I anticipate it will take additional action to increase market and household confidence.
The unyielding COVID-19 limitations, along with waning global demand, have significantly slowed growth in the second-largest economy in the world this year.

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