People’s Bank of China announced that July’s commodity price rose 9.4 % compared to July 2007. Agricultural produce prices increased by 6.8%. Mineral products and thermo electricity prices went up by 18.3% and 26.7% respectively.
Source: Xinhua, August 20, 2008
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