China’s retail sales jump as economy shows green shoots
Tokyo | China’s property woes showed few signs of abating in October and factory output growth slowed, but consumers picked up spending in a rare piece of good news for the world’s second-largest economy.
A slew of data released on Friday disappointed some analysts and is likely to maintain calls for more stimulus to get China’s economy firing on all cylinders. The pressure on Beijing’s policymakers has increased as they brace for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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