China: Weak economic indicators - TDS
|In view of analysts at TD Securities, Chinese data was not very promising today with IP coming in below expectations (5.0% y/y, market 5.4% y/y) dropping to its weakest since 2002, as indicated by weak PMIs and likely as a result of tariffs and growing trade pressures.
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“One less working day in May compared to last May will also have impacted the data. Fixed asset investment was also soft, dropping to its lowest since Sep 18 (5.6% y/y, 6.1% y/y), again a disappointment relative to expectations.”
“Retail sales help up better (8.6% y/y, 8.1% y/y), benefiting from the longer May day holiday and appears to be bottoming out around an 8-9% y/y range.”
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