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China’s growth slowdown is more than what meets the eye

Tracey Samuelson Dec 14, 2018
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China’s growth slowdown is more than what meets the eye

Tracey Samuelson Dec 14, 2018
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We got some data out of China today that showed slowing growth in retail sales and factory output at three-year lows. Add to that some meh car sales and weak consumer sentiment. In short, economic growth is the world’s second largest economy is continuing to slow. Some of which is predictable, expected even, as the Chinese economy matures. Some of it less so.

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