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GDP (Q3) & Activity & Spending (Sep.)

The official GDP figures remain too stable to tell us much about the performance of China’s economy. Our own measure of economic activity suggests that growth actually picked up in Q3. But with credit growth now slowing and policymakers moving to rein in surging property prices, this recovery is unlikely to last for more than another quarter or two

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