"I genuinely can’t remember a period when Chinese data, which tends to be heavily massaged, missed by anything close to this magnitude. Negative read through for consumption related categories." - Goldman Delta-One head, Rich Privorotsky.

Not a single economist surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted as pessimistic a reading for industry, retail sales and investment. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at…

China's fixed-asset investment posts first decline in 30 years as retail sales and industrial output miss forecasts, raising global risk asset concerns.