CH GDP q/y

China's growth slowed to 4.3% year-on-year in the second quarter, the slowest quarterly pace since the pandemic. Though June saw better industrial production and retail sales, the investment slump worsened. Weak domestic demand also weighed on overall momentum. Growth remains within the target range, but pressure for policy support may be increasing China's second quarter GDP saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% YoY from 5.0% in the first quarter, weaker than forecasts (market: 4.5%, ING: 4.6%). This was the slowest growth in ...

China's economy slowed in the second quarter of this year, expanding at a 4.3% annualized pace, the government said Wednesday. The April-June data was weaker than the 5% growth recorded in the January-March quarter, despite strong growth in exports thanks partly to the boom in artificial intelligence, and robust demand for Chinese electric vehicles. China has largely shrugged off wider economic impacts from the Iran war. Exports rose 17.6% in the first half of the year from a year earlier, according to customs data. But domestic ...

China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in nearly three years in the fourth quarter as domestic demand softened, though full-year growth matched Beijing’s target despite growing trade frictions with the U.S. and a prolonged real estate slump. Gross domestic product grew 4.5% in the October-to-December period, data from the National Statistics Bureau showed Monday. That marked a slowdown from 4.8% in the third quarter and was the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2023, when growth also came in at 4.5%. Full-year ...

China’s factories kept the country on track to reach this year’s growth target, powered by an export boom that’s papering over deeper vulnerabilities as leaders meet to chart the nation’s next half-decade. The world’s second-largest economy grew 4.8% in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, slightly above estimates. That laid a “solid foundation” for achieving the full-year expansion goal of around 5%, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. But look closer at the data, and the picture is far less reassuring. Chinese ...

China's GDP grew by 4.8% year-on-year in the third quarter, slowing for a second consecutive quarter from the 5.2% growth in the second quarter. Still, the economy managed to beat expectations for a steeper decline. Through the first three quarters of the year, China's economy has grown by 5.2% YoY. By industry, China's tertiary industry drove growth in 3Q25 with a 5.4% YoY growth, comfortably outpacing growth in the secondary (4.2%) and primary (4.0%) industries. The better-than-expected GDP data was likely thanks in part to a ...