China’s industrial output in April rose 9.3 percent from a year earlier and retail sales gained 12.8 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement on its website today. Fixed-asset investment excluding rural households in the first four months of the year increased 20.6 percent, the Beijing-based agency said. The gain in industrial output compared with the 9.4 percent median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 38 analysts and an 8.9 percent increase in March. Retail sales matched the median projection and compared with a 12.6 percent increase the previous month. The median ... (Read the full story)
