China Factory Gate Deflation Deepens as CCP Virus Paralyzes Global Economy

China Factory Gate Deflation Deepens as CCP Virus Paralyzes Global Economy
Employees wearing face masks work on a car seat assembly line at Yanfeng Adient factory in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 24, 2020. Aly Song/File Photo/Reuters
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BEIJING—China’s factory gate prices fell the most in five months in March, with deflation deepening and set to worsen in the coming months as the economic damage wrought by the CCP virus outbreak at home and worldwide shuts down many countries.

The world’s second-largest economy is trying to restart its engines after weeks of near paralysis to contain the pandemic that had severely restricted business activity, flow of goods and the daily life of people.