China’s main economic planning agency has moved to reassure people who fear inflation is getting out of control.
But the Shanghai stock market was down on Monday and Tuesday on fears of more measures to control inflation especially that of food. The market fell almost 2% on Tuesday.
The BBC Online article continued: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement that the country had “the capacity” to keep prices in check.
There is particular concern about food price inflation, amid suggestions that some people are hoarding commodities.
But the NDRC said the government had adequate reserves of foodstuffs like poultry, eggs and grain to meet needs.
Food prices jumped 10.1% in October from a year earlier, increasing the overall inflation rate to 4.4%, well above the government’s 3% target.
