{
  "id": 16901740,
  "title": "China's Economy Faces Deepening Crisis As Weak Consumer Spending, Rising Debt And Export Dependence Hit Growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/chinas-economy-faces-deepening-crisis-as-weak-consumer-spending",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:31:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/chinas-economy-faces-deepening-crisis-as-weak-consumer-spending-rising-debt-and-export-dependence-hit-growth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "London, Oct 28: Weak domestic demand has emerged as the main factor behind the slowdown in the Chinese economy and with people losing jobs amid the collapse of the country’s real estate sector, this problem has only become worse. Chinese people aren’t spending enough money. China today has the lowest consumption rate of any major economy in the world. Consumption makes up just about 56 per cent…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}