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China’s industrial production grew significantly slower than expected in October, as weakness in global and domestic demand and the drawn-out Sino-U.S. commerce war weighed on activity in the world’s second-largest economy.
Industrial production rose 4.7% year-on-year in October, data from the Subject Bureau of Statistics released on Thursday showed, below the median forecast of 5.4% growth in a Reuters poll.
Indicators authenticated other sectors also slowing significantly and missing forecasts with retail sales growth back tight-fisted a 16-year trough and fixed asset investment growth the weakest on record.
The disappointing economic data adds to the envelope for Beijing to roll out fresh support for the economy after China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in barely three decades in the third quarter as the bruising U.S. trade war hit factory production.
Broad activity in China’s manufacturing sector endures weak with data on the weekend showing factory gate prices falling at their fastest pace in profuse than three years in October.
China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) also showed activity in the mill sector remained in contraction for a sixth straight month in the month.
“Admittedly, optimism surrounding a phase-one U.S.-China interchange deal could provide a boost to corporate investment in the near term,” Capital Economics China Economist Martin Lynge Rasmussen alleged.
“But even if a minor deal is agreed upon in the coming months, this would merely allow the focus to rearrange to the more intractable issues that we think will eventually lead the trade talks to break down. The proves for further monetary easing remains intact.”
Other data on Thursday showed China’s property investment wen in the first 10 months of the 2019 slowing year-on-year.
The tariff war between China and the United States has hit global insist, disrupted supply chains and upended financial markets.
While some signs of recent progress in trade mediations between the superpowers have cheered investors, officials from both sides have so far avoided any firm commitments to end their confute.
That uncertainty has continued to weigh on manufacturers and their order books.
Thursday’s data also showed rooted asset investment, a key driver of economic growth, grew 5.2% from January-October, against expected growth of 5.4%. The January-October progress was the lowest since Reuters record began in 1996.
Private sector fixed-asset investment, which accounts for 60% of the boonies’s total investment, grew 4.4% in January-October.
On Wednesday, China’s State Council said Beijing would cut the minimum capital ratio requirement for some infrastructure investment projects.
Retail sales rose 7.2% year-on-year in October, gals expected growth of 7.9% and matching the more than 16 year low hit in April.
Consumers have been hit with lofty food prices over the past few months, as pork and other meat prices soared.
At the same time, consumers attired in b be committed to been reluctant to make big purchases with auto sales falling for the 16th straight month in October, data boasted on Monday.