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Economic Indicators for China

Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Retail Sales YoY	0.4	0.6	1	-0.6	%
Industrial Capacity Utilization	73	73.6	73.6	73
GDP Growth Rate YoY	4.3	5	5	4.3	%
Industrial Production YoY	5.2	4.5	5.3	4.5	%
Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.2	5.3	5	%
Fixed Asset Investment	-7.2	-6.7	-4.1	-7.2
GDP Growth Rate QoQ	0.9	1.3	1.3	0.9	%
House Price Index YoY	-3	-3.2	-3	-3.5	%
Balance of Trade	119.1	112.5	125.62	105.43	B
Producer Price Index YoY	3.8	3.5	4.1	3.5	%
Inflation Rate MoM	0.4	-0.1	0.4	-0.3	%
Inflation Rate YoY	0.8	0.5	1	0.5	%
Foreign Exchange Reserves	3.438	3.419	3.442	3.416
S&P Global Services PMI	51.4	50.4	54.1	50.4
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	50.2	51.5	51.7	50.2
PMI	52.1	50.8	53.6	50.8
NBS Non Manufacturing PMI	50.2	49	50.2	49
NBS Manufacturing PMI	50.1	49.8	50.3	49.2
NBS General PMI	49.5	49.3	50.6	49.3
S&P Global Composite PMI	50.7	49.5	50.7	49.3
Current Account	193.7	184.3	195.1	184.3	B
Industrial Profits YoY	15.7	17.6	18.8	15.7	%
Loan Prime Rate 1Y	3	3	3	3	%
Loan Prime Rate 5Y	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	%
Prime Rate	3	3	3	3	%
FDI	-5.3	-6.2	-5	-8.6
M2 Money Supply YoY	7.5	7.7	8.6	7.5	%
Total Social Financing	1660	1410	3360	1410
Outstanding Loan Growth YoY	4.9	5.1	5.5	4.9	%
New Loans	60	-340	1610	-340
New Yuan Loans	-340	1610	1610	-340
Thomson Reuters IPSOS PCSI	74.67	74.79	74.79	72.28
Vehicle Sales YoY	-5.1	-0.3	-0.3	-5.1	%
Imports YoY	28.2	27.5	36	27.4	%
Balance of Trade Yuan	809.3	767.07	859.05	723.98	B
Exports YoY	25	23.9	27	19.4	%
Imports	21.7	21.3	29.4	21.2	M
Exports	18.6	17.8	20.8	13.8	M
CPI YoY	0.5	1	1	0.5	%
CPI MoM	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3
Gross Domestic Product YoY	4.7	5	5	4.7	%
Gross Domestic Product QoQ	0.9	1.3	1.3	0.9
China Interbank Rate	1.54	1.54	1.54	1.54	%
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	19.74	19.74	25.49	18.41	B
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	0.23	0.23	2.9	0.23	%
GDP (current US$)	17794781986104	17794781986104	17881783387001	8532185381680.6	B
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)	132.23	132.23	132.23	108.32
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	17.57	17.57	22.78	16.17	B
Current account balance (% of GDP)	1.42	1.42	2.65	0.17	B
Population, total	1410710000	1410710000	1412360000	1354190000
Labor force, total	781102856	781102856	782987715	764339479
Real interest rate (%)	4.91	4.91	4.91	-1.4	%
GDP growth (annual %)	5.2	5.2	9.55	2.24	B
Lending interest rate (%)	4.35	4.35	6.56	4.35	%
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)	100	100	102.34	97.73
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.18	1.18	1.81	1.16	%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)	5.11	5.11	5.61	3.9	%
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	2.39	2.39	2.39	1.56
Armed forces personnel, total	2535000	2535000	2993000	2535000
New businesses registered (number)	232064	232064	245321	103532
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	5	5	5	3.05
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)	0.65	0.65	0.67	0.65
Time required to start a business (days)	8.6	8.6	34.4	8.6
Time required to build a warehouse (days)	110.88	110.88	265.9	110.88