Logo 17 Jan 2020

Data dump – GDP

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The stats bureau released Q4 and annual GDP data for 2019 on Friday morning.
The big headline:

Real GDP grew by 6.1% last year – the slowest growth rate in 29 years.

Why we hate that headline 1: China’s economy has been undergoing a structural deceleration since 2012, as the economy matures a...