I august var der et dyk i den kinesiske økonomiske aktivitet. Detailhandelen voksede med 2,5 pct. mod 8,5 pct. i juli, og det var langt lavere end en række økonomer havde ventet, nemlig 6,3 pct. Industriproduktionen steg med 5,3 pct. mod 6,4 pct. i juli. Investeringerne steg med 8,9 pct. mod 10,3 pct. Arbejdsløsheden i byerne var stabil på 5,1 pct.
Uddrag fra Fidelity/Dow Jones:
China’s Economic Activity Cooled Further in August
China’s economic activity cooled further in August, as the coronavirus outbreaks and stringent control measures hurt consumer demand and factory production.
Retail sales, a key gauge of China’s consumption, grew 2.5% from a year earlier in August, down sharply from July’s 8.5% growth, according to data released Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics. The result was also much lower than the 6.3% growth expected by economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.
Industrial output in August rose 5.3% from a year earlier, decelerating from a 6.4% increase in July and below the 5.6% pace anticipated by the surveyed economists.
China’s fixed-asset investment increased 8.9% in the January-August period, compared with the 10.3% pace recorded in the first seven months of the year. Economists expected FAI to grow 8.8%.
China’s urban surveyed unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 5.1% in August, said the statistics bureau.
