Chinese Economy Stuck in Slow Lane as Consumption Heads for Drop


After a surprise acceleration to start the year, the world’s second-biggest economy is cooling rapidly, with investment resuming declines and consumption hobbled by a weak job market and faster inflation. Following near-zero growth in April, retail sales shrank 0.2% last month from a year earlier, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.



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