The reading right now

As of January 2024, Government expenditure for China stood at 16.6%. That is down 0.56 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 16.9%, ranging from a low of 16.4% in January 2021 to a high of 17.6% in January 2020. The current reading sits 0.05 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 16.7%.

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