Rises in core consumer prices may be moderate, but with food sending headline inflation up by 7.1 per cent in the year to January, the central bank still needs to keep the brakes on demand.

中国核心消费者价格指数的上升可能仍较为温和，但鉴于食品价格上涨推动总体通胀率在截至1月份的一年上升7.1%，中国央行仍须为需求踩刹车。

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No matter how hard we work and save as much money as possible, we still can not keep up with the hike in housing prices.

不管我们如何努力工作，如何尽可能多地攒钱，我们还是跟不上飞涨的房价。

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That was a small pick-up on 2006, but still barely enough to keep up with prices.

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