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China's economic growth picks up in third quarter, beating expectations

Global Published 19 October 2026, 07:58 · archived 19 Oct 2026

BEIJING: China’s economic growth rebounded to 4.5% year-on-year in the third quarter, beating expectations and easing the pressure on policymakers for delivering more aggressive stimulus measures to meet the annual target. The third-quarter ​gross domestic product growth rate, released by the Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on ‌Monday, beat the forecast for 4.4% growth in a Reuters poll, and improved from the more-than-three-year low of 4.3% in the April-to-June period. Beijing has leaned heavily on exports for growth this year, but that engine faces growing pressure as ​domestic demand remains wea...

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