BEIJING—China’s consumer inflation rose to its highest level in more than eight years in January as hundreds of millions of Chinese struggled to cope with a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has raised anxiety levels and pushed up the prices of many household goods. China’s consumer-price index climbed 5.4% in January from a year earlier, the highest reading since October 2011, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The key inflation reading was higher than December’s 4.5% rise and topped economists’ expectations.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 10, 2020 06:00 UTC