Logo 15 Sep 2021

Data dump – August econ data

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China’s stats bureau published the monthly econ data for August on Wednesday.

The headlines:

Retail sales rose 2.5% y/y in August, down from 8.5% y/y growth in July.Fixed asset investment rose by 0.2% y/y, compared with a 0.8% y/y fall in July.Value-added output at industrial firms rose 5.3% ...