Q3 GDP from China due on Friday (0200GMT):
- AFP surveys of economists put the median forecast at 7.8% y/y
- Compared to 7.5% logged in the Q2 (April-June) and 7.7% in Q1
- Economists attribute the jump in expected growth to government stimulus since late June
- “many of those polled said growth may now have peaked and is likely to ease in the coming months”
