Data dump – July econ data
Subscribe to keep reading.
Sign up to stay briefed on what the Chinese government is doing, thinking, and saying.
Already a subscriber? Log in.
China’s stats bureau published the monthly econ data for July on Monday.
The headlines:
Retail sales rose 8.5% y/y in July, down from 12.1% y/y growth in June.
Fixed asset investment fell by 0.8% y/y in July, compared with 4.7% y/y growth in June.
Value-added output at industrial firms rose 6...