China's July factory output, retail sales growth miss forecasts
The data on industrial production, released by the National Bureau of Statistics, compared with expectations for a 5.9% increase in a Reuters poll of 40 analysts.
Retail sales, a gauge of consumption, expanded 3.7% in July, slowing from a 4.8% rise in the previous month and missing forecasts of 4.6% growth.
Fixed asset investment grew 1.6% in the first seven months of the year from the same period last year, compared with an expected 2.7% rise. It had expanded 2.8% in the first half.
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