China's CPI Rises to 2.4% in April

A consumer selects pork at a food market in Dehui City, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. [Xinhua]