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Industrial output grows faster
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September 12, 2009, Saturday
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THE fastest rate of power production this year and booming car sales drove China's industrial output at a faster-than-expected pace last month, indicating a continuing recovery in the world's third-largest economy.
Fixed-asset investment in the first eight months also beat forecast, buoyed by property development, which accounted for 25 percent of the total.
Industrial production gained 12.3 percent last month from a year earlier, compared with a 10.8 percent increase in July and a 10.7 percent growth in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
The growth was stronger than a market consensus of 11.8 percent.
"China's economic recovery continued, challenging investor pessimism about the economy based on a worse-than-expected performance in July," said Li Xunlei, an analyst at Guotai Jun'an Securities Co.
Last month, electricity output jumped 9.3 percent to 344.3 billion kilowatt-hours. Automobile production surged 90 percent to 1.17 million units, and steel production surged 22 percent to 523.3 million tons.
"Steel prices accelerated in mid-July, spurring record output in August, but high inventories have led to a price decrease that may feed through to reduced output," said Yuan Yi, an analyst at Shenyin and Wanguo Securities Co.
Urban fixed-asset investment jumped 33 percent to 11.3 trillion yuan (US$1.65 trillion), bolstered by strong growth in real estate, the statistics bureau said. The rise followed a 32.9 percent gain in the first seven months and beat a market consensus forecast of a 32.7 percent gain.
Bureau spokesman Li Xiaochao said the economic data for the first eight months keep the country on track to achieve its 8 percent growth target this year. He said he is confident that fixed-asset investment through the end of this year will grow at a stable pace.
Boosted by a buoyant property market, real estate investment surged 34.6 percent last month, up from 19.6 percent in July.
"With the pace of property sold exceeding property constructed, we forecast property-related construction and investment to be strong in the next few quarters," said Peng Wensheng, head of China research at Barclays Capital.
Fixed-asset investment in the first eight months also beat forecast, buoyed by property development, which accounted for 25 percent of the total.
Industrial production gained 12.3 percent last month from a year earlier, compared with a 10.8 percent increase in July and a 10.7 percent growth in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
The growth was stronger than a market consensus of 11.8 percent.
"China's economic recovery continued, challenging investor pessimism about the economy based on a worse-than-expected performance in July," said Li Xunlei, an analyst at Guotai Jun'an Securities Co.
Last month, electricity output jumped 9.3 percent to 344.3 billion kilowatt-hours. Automobile production surged 90 percent to 1.17 million units, and steel production surged 22 percent to 523.3 million tons.
"Steel prices accelerated in mid-July, spurring record output in August, but high inventories have led to a price decrease that may feed through to reduced output," said Yuan Yi, an analyst at Shenyin and Wanguo Securities Co.
Urban fixed-asset investment jumped 33 percent to 11.3 trillion yuan (US$1.65 trillion), bolstered by strong growth in real estate, the statistics bureau said. The rise followed a 32.9 percent gain in the first seven months and beat a market consensus forecast of a 32.7 percent gain.
Bureau spokesman Li Xiaochao said the economic data for the first eight months keep the country on track to achieve its 8 percent growth target this year. He said he is confident that fixed-asset investment through the end of this year will grow at a stable pace.
Boosted by a buoyant property market, real estate investment surged 34.6 percent last month, up from 19.6 percent in July.
"With the pace of property sold exceeding property constructed, we forecast property-related construction and investment to be strong in the next few quarters," said Peng Wensheng, head of China research at Barclays Capital.
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