China’s consumer spending and investment slumped to levels unseen since COVID-19, exposing risks amid trade disruptions. Read here now

China’s consumer spending and investment slumped to levels unseen since COVID-19, exposing risks amid trade disruptions. Read here now

Retail sales fell 0.6 per cent last month from a year ago, a worse-than-forecast drop that was their first drop since the reopening from COVID-19 lockdowns.

...officials blame the weather as data exposes risks for an increasingly two-speed economy...