China reports second-quarter GDP growth of 4.7%

Home Business China reports second-quarter GDP growth of 4.7% 15-07-2024 09:43 AM Ammon News - China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Monday said the country’s second-quarter GDP rose by 4.7% year on year, missing expectations of a 5.1% growth, according to a Reuters poll. June retail sales also missed estimates, rising 2% compared with the 3.3% growth forecast. “We estimate that discretionary retail spending fell at the sharpest sequential pace since the April 2022 Shanghai lockdowns,” Oxford Economics Lead Economist Louise Loo said in a note. The firm now pegs China’s 2024 GDP growth at 4.8%, higher than the 4.4% it estimated in December 2023 for the year ahead. Industrial production year-on-year growth in June, however, beat expectations at 5.3%, compared with Reuters’ estimate of 5%. High-tech manufacturing saw an 8.8% increase in value added in June. Urban fixed asset investment for the first six months of the year rose by 3.9%, meeting expectations. Investment in infrastructure and manufacturing slowed on a year-to-date basis in June versus May, while real estate investment declined at the same 10.1% rate.

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China reports second-quarter GDP growth of 4.7%

15-07-2024 09:43 AM

Ammon News - China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Monday said the country’s second-quarter GDP rose by 4.7% year on year, missing expectations of a 5.1% growth, according to a Reuters poll.

June retail sales also missed estimates, rising 2% compared with the 3.3% growth forecast.

“We estimate that discretionary retail spending fell at the sharpest sequential pace since the April 2022 Shanghai lockdowns,” Oxford Economics Lead Economist Louise Loo said in a note.

The firm now pegs China’s 2024 GDP growth at 4.8%, higher than the 4.4% it estimated in December 2023 for the year ahead.

Industrial production year-on-year growth in June, however, beat expectations at 5.3%, compared with Reuters’ estimate of 5%. High-tech manufacturing saw an 8.8% increase in value added in June.

Urban fixed asset investment for the first six months of the year rose by 3.9%, meeting expectations. Investment in infrastructure and manufacturing slowed on a year-to-date basis in June versus May, while real estate investment declined at the same 10.1% rate.

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