COMMODITIES-Copper, oil retreat as China GDP slows
...China Q1 GDP grows 8.1 pct, slowest in nearly 3 years * Weaker growth may spur more monetary easing in China SINGAPORE, April 13 (Reuters) - Copper and oil tripped on Friday after data showed China's economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly three years,...info
ADB pegs China’s GDP growth at 8.5%
...rising private consumption and a more stable global economy, Paul J Heytens, ADB country director for China, said. China's GDP growth in 2012 is forecast at 8.5%, with the priority of macro policy expected to shift from fighting inflation, which currently...info
China Q1 GDP growth slows to 8.1 percent
...and some small scale, sector-focused fiscal relief if needed. DONGMING XIE, ECONOMIST AT OCBC BANK IN SINGAPORE: "China's GDP slowed to 8.1 percent on year in Q1, lower than our expectation. The slowdown is the result of tightening measures, with fixed investment...info
China Q1 GDP growth at 8.1 percent, below 8.3 percent forecast
...Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. The GDP data headlined a flurry of indicators published on Friday signalling that China's economy is struggling to escape the grip of its worst sequential slowdown since the global financial crisis of 2008/09, reinforcing...info
China Q1 GDP growth below forecast
...expected to 8.1 per cent from 8.9 per cent in the previous three months, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. The GDP data headlined a flurry of indicators published on Friday signalling that China's economy is struggling to escape the grip of...info
World Bank sees China GDP at 8.2% in 2012
...in its China Quarterly Update. "A weaker global economic environment and tighter domestic policies combined to slow China's GDP growth. Cyclical weakness is expected to dominate the near-term outlook, with growth projected at 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.6 percent...info
China GDP Speculation Lifts Risk
...put a bid in risk assets and hit the dollar Thursday morning. A very specific rumor circulated that China’s first quarter GDP will come in at 9 percent, rather than the expected 8.4 percent, when released overnight. Whether the rumor is true or not did not...info
China’s GDP Slump â€" Is It a Recession?
...recession could be very different, considering the nation’s recent traditional growth rate. In the first quarter, China’s GDP was only 8.1% â€" a three-year low. That may not be enough to sustain its manufacturing and infrastructure system, the growth of its...info
China's GDP growth to hit 8.5 pc this year: ADB
...economic report released at a press conference in Beijing, Paul J. Heytens, ADB country director for China, said China's GDP growth in 2012 is forecast at 8.5 percent, with the priority of macro policy expected to shift from fighting inflation to stabilizing...info
Lower euro-zone yields, China GDP view lift Wall Street
...rumor. "The China story I'm seeing is getting misinterpreted. The Chinese government researcher that supposedly commented on China GDP said 9 percent GDP growth for the full year of 2012, and that he only expected first quarter to be 8.4(percent) to 8.5 percent,...info