What to expect from China’s Data Dump
By Bloomberg
23 June 2019 |
6:28 am
China is set to release May data on retail sales, investment, and production. In the data investors will look for how the Chinese economy has held up amid trade tensions and how successful the government's stimulus measures have been.
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