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The yuan edged up against the US dollar on Thursday after China reported first-quarter economic growth of 5%, beating market expectations. Analysts said uncertainties about the economic outlook and the lower yuan fixing rate capped some upward sentiment. The onshore yuan was 0.02% higher at 6.8174 to the dollar at 0345 GMT after trading in a range of 6.8169 to 6.8199.China’s gross domestic product rose 5% in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed, driven by strong exports and policy support. But the ongoing ...

China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in nearly three years in the fourth quarter as domestic demand softened, though full-year growth matched Beijing’s target despite growing trade frictions with the U.S. and a prolonged real estate slump. Gross domestic product grew 4.5% in the October-to-December period, data from the National Statistics Bureau showed Monday. That marked a slowdown from 4.8% in the third quarter and was the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2023, when growth also came in at 4.5%. Full-year ...

China’s factories kept the country on track to reach this year’s growth target, powered by an export boom that’s papering over deeper vulnerabilities as leaders meet to chart the nation’s next half-decade. The world’s second-largest economy grew 4.8% in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, slightly above estimates. That laid a “solid foundation” for achieving the full-year expansion goal of around 5%, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. But look closer at the data, and the picture is far less reassuring. Chinese ...

China's GDP grew by 4.8% year-on-year in the third quarter, slowing for a second consecutive quarter from the 5.2% growth in the second quarter. Still, the economy managed to beat expectations for a steeper decline. Through the first three quarters of the year, China's economy has grown by 5.2% YoY. By industry, China's tertiary industry drove growth in 3Q25 with a 5.4% YoY growth, comfortably outpacing growth in the secondary (4.2%) and primary (4.0%) industries. The better-than-expected GDP data was likely thanks in part to a ...

China's economic growth likely slowed to a one-year low in the third quarter as a prolonged property downturn and trade tensions weigh on demand, keeping pressure on policymakers to roll out more stimulus to shore up confidence and momentum. Beijing has unveiled modest support measures this year to preserve policy space for future shocks, helped by resilient exports and strong stock markets. Renewed U.S.-China trade tensions pose risks, however, and while there is room for more stimulus, analysts are divided on whether policymakers ...

Today it is time to look East again as we have received the official data on economic growth in the first half of the year. At the moment in addition to our long-running theme on the bursting of the property market bubble we have the first period under the new Trump Tariffs. As ever the National Bureau of Statistics opened with rhetoric. The national economy rose to the challenge in the first half of the year and maintained steady growth. But then we got the actual numbers. According to preliminary calculations, the GDP in the first ...