Growth in China’s industrial profits accelerated in April, with firms benefitting from higher output prices while mitigating the impact of higher input costs by tapping inventories. The sectors that, on paper at least, were most exposed to the Iran War have been among the biggest winners so far. But the AI capex boom has also boosted profits in the electronics sector.
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