China's consumer prices rise 0.2% in October versus year earlier

BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Chinese consumer prices rose in October while producer price deflation moderated, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Sunday.

The consumer price index edged up 0.2% from the same month a year earlier. That compared with the 0% average forecast in a Reuters poll of economists and a 0.3% decline in September.

On a month-on-month basis, the CPI rose 0.2%. That compared with a 0.1% rise in September and a forecast of no change.

The producer price index fell 2.1% on year versus a decline of 2.3% in September and a forecast decline of 2.2%.