Economic Watch: China July inflation ticks up

Citizens buy fruit at a supermarket in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 9, 2018. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year on year in July, compared with 1.9 percent for June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday. (Xinhua/Wang Chun)