Chinese growth numbers are out for the September QTR and it was all bang on target with GDP at 6.8%:
However, something much more interesting is happening under the bonnet. The September month partials were mixed but weak in the construction economy with industrial production at 6.6%, retail sales at 10.3% but fixed asset investment at 7.5%, the lowest anyone can remember
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Within that, realty is clearly slowing. Sales are down to 10.3% year to date but are almost flat year on year: