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  "id": 1441877,
  "title": "China's economy slows further in July as retail sales barely grow, investment slump steepens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/chinas-economy-slows-further-in-july-as-retail-sales-barely-grow",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:20:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC World",
    "slug": "cnbc-world",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/china-economy-sales-investment-july-.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China's economy slowed further in July. Retail sales growth was 0.6% year-over-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. This was lower than the 1.5% expected and the 1.0% growth seen in June.\n\nIndustrial production grew 4.5% year-over-year, which was also lower than expected, at 5.0%. Fixed asset investment declined 6.7% year-to-date, a steeper drop than June's 5.7% and worse than the 6.2% decrease expected.\n\nThe data has raised concerns about the health of China's economy, which is the world's second-largest. The slowdown is reinforcing worries about a deepening supply-demand imbalance, according to CNBC World.",
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