Xinjiang has stunning scenery, delicious food and hospitable people and welcomes everyone to feel its charm, said a pastry shop owner in Urumuqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Habiba, the shop owner who was also born in Xinjiang, starts her pastry business after collage graduation, and hopes to add to the region's charm with the ethnic and delicious pastries, inviting tourists from all over the world for a taste.
"I am a native of Xinjiang region. I was born in a very remote city of Hotan City in Xinjiang. I graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. After graduation, I started my own business in 2016. I made ethnic pastries into fashionable and delicious flavors. I want my friends at home and abroad to taste what our ethnic pastries are like. I love Xinjiang so much. I have been to many places. I think Xinjiang is the most beautiful place. The natural environment is beautiful, the people are hospitable, and the environment is clean. We have many benefits and many opportunities for entrepreneurship. I hope domestic and international friends will come to Xinjiang, and see the environment of our beautiful Xinjiang and the hospitality of our people," she said.
Xinjiang pastry shop owner lauds local charms, hospitality
U.S. consumer inflation in September increased 2.4 percent from a year ago after climbing 2.5 percent in August and 2.9 percent in July, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.
According to the report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) -- a broad measure of goods and services costs across the U.S. economy -- increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in September, the same increase as in August and July.
The latest inflation report showed that the so-called core CPI, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.3 percent in September, as it did the preceding month. In July, it rose 0.2 percent.
The core CPI has risen 3.3 percent over the last 12 months, indicating continued inflation pressure. In August, the 12-month core inflation rate held at 3.2 percent.
The index for shelter rose 0.2 percent in September, and the index for food increased 0.4 percent. Together, these two indexes contributed over 75 percent of the monthly all-items increase.
The energy index fell 1.9 percent over the month after declining 0.8 percent the preceding month.
Indexes that increased in September include shelter, motor vehicle insurance, medical care, apparel, and airline fares. The indexes for recreation and communication were among those that decreased over the month.
After its meeting on Sept 17 to 18, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) slashed the target range for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, placing them in a range from 4.75 percent to 5 percent. The move, which came amid cooling inflation and a weakening labor market, marked the first rate cut in over four years and signaled the start of an easing cycle.
U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said that if the economic data stay stable, future rate cuts are expected to be smaller than the half-percentage-point reduction in September.
The Fed will hold its next policy meeting from Nov 6 to 7. As of Thursday, the probability of the Fed cutting rates by 25 basis points at the November meeting is over 80 percent, showed the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group's FedWatch Tool, which acts as a barometer for the market's expectation of the target rate for federal funds.
U.S. CPI up 2.4 pct in September as inflation continues to cool
