BEIJING: Chinese prices fell in May for a fourth month as food and energy costs declined from last year's high levels, data showed Wednesday, giving Beijing a freer hand to carry out its huge stimulus plan.
The consumer price index for May declined 1.4 percent from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.
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