China's September CPI up 1.6% on-year, PPI down 5.9%

China's consumer price index rose 1.6 percent in September from a year earlier, against forecasts of a 1.8 percent rise from a Reuters poll and following August's 2 percent gain. The producer price index fell 5.9 percent, in line with expectations and after a 5.9 percent fall in the previous month. Inflation and trade data come days before the publication of...