The reading right now

As of January 2024, Real consumer spending for China stood at 5.11%. That is down 4.7 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 5.3%, ranging from a low of -2.94% in January 2020 to a high of 13% in January 2021. The current reading sits 1.6 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 6.7%.

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