“It's not just slowing,” said Adam Posen at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “It's slowing after being slow for quite some time.”

“It's not just slowing,” said Adam Posen at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “It's slowing after being slow for quite some time.”

China's retail sales fell 0.6% in May 2026 while Q2 GDP slowed to 4.3%, signaling broad economic weakness with implications for crypto and global