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China's August retail sales miss forecast while investment slump deepens, piling pressure on Beijing

China's investment slump deepened, retail sales growth slowed further in August while industrial output blew past estimates as Beijing warns of supply-demand imbalance.

China's investment slump deepened in August, and retail sales growth slowed further. Industrial output, however, exceeded expectations. According to CNBC, Beijing has warned of a supply-demand imbalance.

Retail sales in China missed forecast for August. The Economic Times and Times of India reported on India's inflation, which accelerated to 4.8% in August, its highest level since the introduction of the revised Consumer Price Index series in January. Wholesale inflation also rose to 9.9%.

The Reserve Bank of India has a medium-term target of 4% for retail inflation, with a tolerance band of 2 percentage points on either side. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled to meet on October 5-7.

Brief written by urgent.news from CNBC, The Economic Times - Economy, Times of India — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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