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Consumer inflation in China grew less rapidly in July as increases in food costs abated, giving authorities more room to ease monetary policy in the world’s second-largest economy. China’s Consumer Price Index slowed to an annual rate of 1.8%, putting it further below the government’s 3% ceiling and marking the third consecutive month the key inflation measure lost speed. Producer prices, meanwhile, extended their decline, falling 1.7% from a year ago.