China’s Consumer Inflation Stalls Even as Factory Prices Surge

h{89qd8ny42qsjnjh1p}6crx_media_dl_1.png National Bureau of Statistics Article content (Bloomberg) — China’s consumer inflation unexpectedly stalled in May even as factory prices gained at the fastest pace in almost four years, storing up risks for company profits as poor demand at home seals off the economy from a global commodities rally. Article content The consumer-price index climbed 1.2% from a year earlier, rising at the same pace as in the previous month and missing the median estimate of 1.3% in a Bloomberg survey of economists. A 16% plunge in pork prices had a 0.3 percentage-point dr…