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What Plunging Pork Prices Say About China’s Economy
28 May 2026 at 12:00
A key measure of inflation in China, they hit a 16-year low, driven by anemic consumer spending and an oversupply of hogs.
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What Plunging Pork Prices Say About China’s Economy
28 May 2026 at 12:00
A key measure of inflation in China, they hit a 16-year low, driven by anemic consumer spending and an oversupply of hogs.
A pig farm in Taizhou, China. “Many hog farmers can no longer hold out,” Sun Haoyu, who raises hogs in Dalian, China.
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