• Economy faces relatively big downward pressure
  • Economic growth still within a reasonable range
  • Investment growth is still weak but stable
  • January - August fixed-asset investment growth will be similar to January- July

Headlines via Reuters

(ps. I posted earlier that the fixed asset investment data is coming up from China on Sunday. The vice chair of the NDRC reads ForexLive avidly (he likes it when we post music videos of western pop music apparently), so he's just giving us a heads up on what to expect.

C'mon weekend ...