Despite a lacklustre post-pandemic rebound the country may still claw its way to this year’s GDP target
China will on Wednesday release third-quarter economic growth data as Beijing chases a target of about 5 per cent this year. Economists polled by Reuters expect gross domestic product to have expanded 4.4 per cent in the third quarter. That means China remains on track to claw its way to the 5 per cent target, following year-on-year GDP growth of 4.5 per cent in the first quarter and 6.3 per cent in the second.
And markets are worried about potential contagion from a debt crisis at Country Garden, China’s biggest private sector developer, which has warned that it might not be able to meet all its offshore payment obligations. Soft international demand has become an acute pressure point for policymakers in Beijing, a stark change from much of the three years of closure during the pandemic when China’s exports helped prop up the economy.
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