BEIJING: China’s consumer inflation rate edged up in November, official data showed on Wednesday, while factory gate price falls lingered at a six-year low as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with slowing growth.

The consumer price index (CPI) -- a main gauge of inflation -- rose 1.5 percent last month from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement.

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