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Fixed asset investment for the year to date (August) dropped 7.2% compared with the same period last year.
- The market had anticipated a 7.2% contraction, while the previous reading was a decline of 6.7%.
Retail sales in August were 0.4% higher year-on-year.
- Economists had projected a 0.8% increase, after a prior gain of 0.6%.
Industrial output expanded 5.2% annually in August.
- That beat the 4.8% consensus forecast and accelerated from the prior month's 4.5% rise.
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