The reading right now

As of January 2024, Government expenditure for China stood at 5.06%. That is up 0.04 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 4.95%, ranging from a low of 4.88% in January 2022 to a high of 5.06% in January 2024. The current reading sits 0.13 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 5.19%.

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