Dhaka, March 2 -- China's prevailing deflationary economy may somewhat help stimulate Bangladesh's economic relation as it largely depends on raw materials, and intermediate and finished goods from the world's second-biggest economy, analysts say.

Producer price index (PPI), consumer price index (CPI) and GDP deflator-all fell into deflation territory in China-making up a broad-based deflation in its economy.

The PPI dropped below zero in late 2022 and stayed negative for the past 16 consecutive months. The CPI has been negative since last October, and was only -0.8 per cent year on year in January. The core CPI has been under 1.0 per cent in the past 22 months. And the GDP deflator, the broadest macroeconomic measure of domestic prices...