Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – China’s Factory Inflation Slows as Consumer Price Gains Ease – The producer price index rose 3.1 percent in March from a year earlier, compared with the projected 3.3 percent rise and 3.7 percent in February. The consumer price index climbed 2.1 percent, the statistics bureau said Wednesday, versus a forecast of 2.6 percent and 2.9 percent in February.