Steepest drop since September 2008. pic.twitter.com/8lMdk43vdb
— Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 16, 2024
- China’s retail sales rose by 3% in November from a year ago, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Monday, missing the forecast of 4.6% in a Reuters poll.
- That marked a sharp slowdown from 4.8% growth in the previous month. Retail sales in October had recorded the quickest growth since February, helped by the annual Singles’ Day shopping festival that kicked off more than a week earlier than the event in 2023.
- November industrial production rose by 5.4% from a year ago, above the expectations of 5.3% growth among economists polled by Reuters, which also compares with a climb of 5.3% in the prior month.