Consumer prices in China were up 2.5 percent on year in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday - below forecasts for 2.7 percent and slowing from 3.0 percent in November.
Producer prices were down 1.4 percent on year - unchanged versus forecasts for -1.3 percent.
For all of 2013, consumer prices were up 2.6 percent on year and producer prices dipped 1.9 percent on year.
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