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business/news//The Economic Times
China’s industrial output growth slowed to 4.1% in April from 5.7% in March.
China’s industrial output growth slowed to 4.1% in April, missing the 5.9% forecast.
KEY POINTS
April retail sales in China rose just 0.2%, sharply below the expected 2% increase.
Fixed-asset investment in China unexpectedly contracted 1.6% in January-April 2026.
Economists had forecast a 1.6% expansion in fixed-asset investment, not a contraction.
Synopsis
China’s industrial output growth slowed to 4.1% in April from 5.7% in March, missing market expectations of a 5.9% rise, official data showed on Monday.
China's industrial output grew 4.1% in April from a year earlier, slowing from the 5.7% pace in March, official data showed on Monday.
The data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) missed expectations for a 5.9% increase in a Reuters poll.
Retail sales, a gauge of consumption, rose just 0.2% in April, slowing sharply from 1.7% in March and were well below forecast centred on a 2% increase.
Fixed-asset investment unexpectedly contracted 1.6% in the first four months of 2026, compared with a 1.7% rise in the January-March period. Economists had predicted a 1.6% expansion.
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