8 trends of major price movements gauging China's economy

Updated: 2016-04-06 07:02

By He Yini(chinadaily.com.cn)

Chinese workers bind steel products at a steel plant of Dongbei Special Steel Group Co Ltd in Dalian city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, March 31, 2016. [Photo / IC]

GDP price deflator to fall moderately

As a broader measure of aggregate prices that include a wide array of goods and services, the GDP deflator will continue to drop this year because of the sluggish second industry in the country, weighed on by overcapacity of steel, coal and building materials, for example.