home All News open_in_new Full Article

China’s economy strains in August as retail sales, industrial output miss forecasts

China’s economy showed signs of strain in August, as sluggish domestic demand, headwinds from the US trade war and a prolonged property downturn continued to weigh on several major indicators. Retail sales, a major gauge of consumption, rose by 3.4 per cent in August from a year earlier, slower than the 3.7 per cent growth observed in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday. The figure fell short of the 3.82 per cent growth forecast in a poll by financial data...


today 2 h. ago attach_file Economics

attach_file Politics
attach_file Events
attach_file Economics
attach_file Politics
attach_file Economics
attach_file Economics


ID: 4050789674
Add Watch Country

arrow_drop_down