China’s April PPI rises 2.8%, CPI increases 1.2% year-on-year, ending three-year deflation streak

China's Producer Price Index (PPI) rose by 2.8% year-on-year in April, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.2%, marking the end of a three-year deflationary period. This shift indicates a potential change in inflation dynamics, which could influence monetary policy and interest rates. The market transmission mechanism here is inflation repricing, as rising prices may lead to adjustments in expectations for future economic growth and consumer spending. Chinese equities and commodities are particularly exposed, as higher production costs can impact profit margins and demand. Traders will be closely watching the upcoming economic data releases, particularly industrial production figures, to gauge the sustainability of this inflation trend.

HIGH-impact news is typically a market-moving event with multi-pip or multi-percent intraday reactions. Examples include central bank rate decisions, major CPI/NFP releases, geopolitical shocks, mega-cap earnings beats/misses, and regulatory announcements. Traders typically position-reduce or hedge ahead of scheduled HIGH-impact events, and follow the wire in real time to react to unscheduled ones (war headlines, central-bank emergency statements, surprise corporate actions). The Trading News Terminal squawk box reads every HIGH-impact headline aloud the moment it hits the wire — so active traders don't have to stare at the feed.

Active traders typically follow a three-step workflow when a market-moving headline hits the wire: (1) read the headline on the terminal or hear it on the squawk box; (2) assess whether the news is already priced in (by checking intraday price action in the seconds before) or whether it's genuinely new information; (3) act — either entering a breakout position, fading an overreaction, or tightening stops on existing trades. Trading News Terminal's Pro plan delivers wire-grade headlines within seconds of the source, with automatic audio squawk on every HIGH-impact event, so the read-assess-act cycle never waits on a refresh button.