🚨 BREAKING! 🇨🇳 China's August Economic Data MISSES Across the Board:
📉 Retail Sales YoY 3.4% (est. 3.9%, prev. 3.7%)
📉 Industrial Production YoY 5.2% (est. 5.7%, prev. 5.7%)
📈 Unemployment Rate 5.3% (est. 5.2%, prev. 5.2%)
Jan-Aug📉 Fixed Asset Investment YoY 0.5% (est.… pic.twitter.com/totPuytZVq
— MacroMicro (@MacroMicroMe) September 15, 2025
China’s economic slowdown deepened in August with a raft of key indicators missing expectations, as weak domestic demand persisted and Beijing’s campaign against industrial overcapacity curbed output.
Retail sales last month rose 3.4% from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday, missing analysts’ estimates for 3.9% growth in a Reuters poll and slowing from July’s 3.7% growth.
Industrial output growth slowed to 5.2% in August, compared to the 5.7% jump in July, marking its weakest level since August 2024, according to LSEG data. Economists had expected the data to be unchanged from the previous month.