2016-01-19 13:00

China Economy‘s December Slowdown Caps Weakest Quarter Since ‚09

REUTERS/China Daily
REUTERS/China Daily

China‘s economy slowed in December, capping the weakest quarter of growth since the 2009 global recession, as the Communist leadership struggles to manage a transition to consumer-led expansion.

Industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment all slowed at the end of the year, while gross domestic product rose 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. Full-year growth of 6.9 percent, the least since 1990, was in line with the government‘s target of about 7 percent.

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