KURE - China industrial production & retail sales rise beats expectations in Oct; jobless rate steady at 5%

2023-11-15 02:22:28 ET

• China's industrial production expanded by 4.6% year-on-year in October 2023, after a 4.5% gain in the previous month, beating market forecasts of 4.4%, the fastest pace in industrial production since April.

• For the first ten months of 2023, industrial output climbed by 4.1% from the same period in 2022.

• China's retail sales rose by 7.6% year-on-year in October 2023, accelerating from a 5.5% gain in the prior month and exceeding market estimates of 7.0%, marking the tenth straight month of increase in retail turnover and the fastest growth since May.

• For the January to October period, retail trade increased by 6.9%.

• Separately, China's fixed-asset investment increased by 2.9 percent year-on-year to CNY 41.94 trillion in the first ten months of 2023, compared with market forecasts and figures in the prior period of a 3.1% growth.

• Meanwhile, China's surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5% in October 2023, the same as in the previous month. The jobless rate in 31 large cities and towns edged down to 5% in October from 5.2% in the previous month. The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country were 48.7 hours.

• Looking ahead to 2023, the government has set a target for the jobless rate to be around 5.5%, with the objective of creating approximately 12 million new urban jobs.

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• More on China economy:

• People’s Bank of China injects more cash to support the weak economy, keeps rates unchanged

• China inflation: CPI, PPI shrink in October, deflationary pressure deepens

• China's surplus shrinks in October as exports fall further; imports surge unexpectedly

• China factory activity unexpectedly drops in October amid weak demand

• China manufacturing unexpectedly shrinks, services miss forecast in October

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