Growth accelerates above trend

The Capital Economics China Activity Proxy (CAP) suggests that growth accelerated for a sixth straight month in October to the fastest pace in nearly three years. Our growth estimate is now only a little weaker than that shown by the official GDP data. But we believe this rate will prove unsustainable. Growth will slow next year.  

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