China's inflation eased slightly to 8.3 percent in March, while economic growth in the first quarter of the year slowed to a still-robust 10.6 percent, the government reported Wednesday. The figures, reported by the National Bureau of Statistics, came amid government efforts to rein in accelerating inflation by boosting food supplies and cooling a boom driven by investment and exports. The March inflation figure was a slight easing from February's 8.7 percent, the highest level in nearly 12 years, the Associated Press reported.
