China's consumer prices and bank lending accelerate

A Chinese worker processing bags of garlic at a market in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. China yesterday said that consumer prices and bank lending accelerated in April, fuelling fears the economy may overheat and building pressure on Beijing...

A Chinese worker processing bags of garlic at a market in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. China yesterday said that consumer prices and bank lending accelerated in April, fuelling fears the economy may overheat and building pressure on Beijing to hike interest rates and let its currency rise.

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