China's inflation rises 1.7% in Oct

China's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, grew 1.7 percent year on year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Friday.

China's fiscal revenues rise 13.7%

China's fiscal revenues grew 13.7 percent year-on-year to 1.04 trillion yuan ($165 billion) in October.

China's Oct new yuan lending drops

China's new yuan-denominated lending in October stood at 505.2 billion yuan ($80.32 billion), dropping 81.6 billion yuan from a year earlier.

Oct exports rise 11.6%, imports up 2.4%

China's exports rose 11.6 percent from one year earlier in October while imports climbed 2.4 percent year-on-year, said the General Administration of Customs.

China's Oct PPI drops 2.8%

China's PPI, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, dropped 2.8 percent year-on-year in October, compared with a 3.6-percent decline in September.

Fixed-asset investment up 20.7%

China's fixed asset investment rose 20.7 percent year-on-year to 29.25 trillion yuan ($4.64 trillion) in the first ten months of 2012.

Retail sales up 14.1% in first ten months

China's retail sales grew 14.1 percent year-on-year to 16.84 trillion yuan ($2.67 trillion) in the first ten months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

China's Oct industrial output rises 9.6%

China's value-added industrial output rose 9.6 percent year-on-year in October, picking up from 9.2 percent in September, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday.

Chinese manufacturing picks up in Oct

China's manufacturing activity rejuvenated in October, official data showed Thursday. The purchasing managers' index rose to 50.2 percent in October.

Major Figures

	Oct	Sept
Price Indexes
CPI	1.7%	1.9%
PPI	-2.8%	-3.6%
Growth Indexes
GDP - 7.4%(Q3)
PMI	50.2	49.8
Retail 14.5% 14.2%
Fixed-asset investment	20.7%	20.5%
Industrial output 9.6% 9.2%
Trade Indexes
Export	$176b	$186b
Import	$144b	$159b
Surplus	$32b	$27.7b
Financial Indexes
New loans $80b $98.45b
M2	14.1%	14.8%
FDI $8.31b $8.43b
Other Indexes
Fiscal revenue $165b $131b	Home sales (floor space)		-1.1%	-4%
Power consumption		2.9%

Opinion

Economist positive on China's development

Standard Chartered chief economist Gerard Lyons says the trend in China's economy is up, and he's generally positive about China's development in the coming years.

CPI to decrease further, PPI to rebound: research

China's consumer price inflation is expected to decrease to 1.7 percent year-on-year in October, from 1.9 percent in September and 2 percent in August, investment bank Societe Generale said in research note on Monday.