Our China Activity Proxy shows that growth slowed at the end of 2025, with the economy expanding at a rate almost 2%-pts below what official figures suggest. And while official figures indicate that an end of year acceleration in services activity helped the economy hit the government’s growth target, the CAP contradicts this narrative, instead suggesting that services activity dragged on growth in Q4.
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