China Export Boom Can’t Stop Economy’s Worst Quarter in 2025 (2)

Oct. 17, 2025, 6:14 AM UTC

China’s economy likely expanded at the slowest in a year last quarter despite a boom in exports, a disconnect the Communist Party may move to rectify by championing higher consumption when it convenes for a key meeting next week.

As trade tensions escalate with the US, a weakness in investment, industrial output and retail sales is undermining the momentum from record sales abroad. Data due Monday from the National Bureau of Statistics will show gross domestic product grew 4.7% in the third quarter from a year earlier, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey, down from 5.2% in ...

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