Making sense of the official GDP data

The official GDP figures are likely to show a small slowdown in China’s growth rate in Q3 – and also to be greeted with a large amount of scepticism. We’d put more weight on the details of the GDP breakdown and also on the monthly activity data. Both are likely to show that activity remains subdued, but broadly stable compared to the first half of the year.

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