The Q4 GDP data from China's National Bureau of Statistics
Q4 GDP 6.8% y/y ... a slight miss on the consensus expectations
- expected 6.9%, prior was 6.9%
it's the YTD that's in at 6.9%
Q4 GDP SA 1.6% q/q
- expected 1.8%, previous was also 1.8%
Headlines via Reuters :
- China revises Q1 2015 GDP to +1.3 pct q/q vs +1.4 pct q/q; revises Q2 2015 GDP to +1.9 pct q/q vs +1.8 pct q/q
- China 2015 GDP y/y growth slowest since 1990; Q4 y/y slowest quarterly growth since Q1 2009 - stats bureau data
- China stats bureau says China's economy still faces complex international environment, domestic structural adjustment at crucial stage
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Via Bloomberg, with a very quick recap up on the web already:
China's economic growth missed analysts' estimates last quarter, suggesting more stimulus may be needed to cushion the slowest annual pace of expansion in a generation.
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The other data out at the same time (industrial production etc. is here
