Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - China

Industry - Country Industry Forecasts - China

Chinese industrial activity continued to disappoint in the first half of the year. Growth in value-added industrial output grew by a mere 0.7% q/q in Q2, coming in substantially below expectations. This was driven in part by domestic weakness but also in large part by flagging external demand: Chinese goods exports have fallen substantially over the course of the first half of the year.