China’s Consumer Goods Sales Rose 5% in November, Less Than Expected (Yicai Global) Dec. 15 -- China's retail sales of consumer goods edged up less than expected last month.
Sales rose 5 percent to CNY3.95 trillion (USD602.7 billion) in November from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics announced today. Chief economists surveyed by Yicai Global had predicted the increase to be 5.7 percent.
From January through November, sales fell 4.8 percent to nearly CNY35.14 trillion (USD5.4 trillion) from a year earlier.
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