[A-List] China Inflation Watch

["Gary Santos" <garysantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

March 12 - Bloomberg (Jianguo Jiang and Robert Delaney):  ?China?s money supply growth slowed in the first two months of this year? M2, the broadest measure of the money supply, at end-February was a record 22.7 trillion yuan ($2.7 billion), 19.4 percent more than a year earlier, the central bank said? Growth slowed from 19.6 percent in December.?

March 9 - Bloomberg (Rob Delaney):  ?China?s government is shipping more rice, corn and other grains to eastern cities such as Shanghai, the nation?s largest commercial city, to help stem a rise in prices caused by lower output and hoarding, the government said. China?s rice harvest will fall to 126 million metric tons in the crop year ending Sept. 31, a 12-year low, prompting grain traders to hold out for higher prices??

March 10 - Bloomberg (Rob Delaney):  ?Wholesale prices that Chinese manufacturers pay for machinery, electricity and other raw materials rose 5.7 percent form a year earlier in February, the central bank said. Prices for parts used in the production of home appliances rose 12 percent, while metals prices rose by as much as 64 percent? Grain prices rose 22 percent in February, with the cost of rice surging 24 percent and that of wheat jumping 26 percent??