China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.9 percent year-on-year in February, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Friday.

The increase was up 1.5 percent for January, the NBS said.

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And the producer price index (PPI) in February was up 3.7 percent year-on-year. It measured costs for goods at the factories.

PPI for January was down 4.3 percent, the bureau said.