China's GDP grows 7.7% in first nine months

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.7 percent year on year in the first three quarters of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said at a press conference Thursday.  Full story 

China's GDP up 8.9% in Q3

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 8.9 percent year on year in the third quarter of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said here Thursday.  Full story

China's CPI falls 1.1% in 1st nine months

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI),a main gauge of inflation, dipped 1.1 percent year on year in thefirst nine months of this year, the National Bureau of Statisticssaid Thursday.

     The September CPI was up 0.4 percent from the previous month.  Full story

China has no inflation problem but worries about inflation expectations

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Although China has no inflation problem, the government is still highly concerned about inflation expectations, Li Xiaochao, spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics, said Thursday.  Full story 

China's PPI down 6.5% in first three quarters

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's producer price index (PPI),a major measurement of inflation at the wholesale level, dropped 6.5 percent year on year in the first three quarters of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

    The September PPI rose 0.6 percent from a month earlier. Full story

China's fixed-assets investment up 33.4% in first nine months

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's fixed-assets investment rose by 33.4 percent in the first three quarters of 2009, the National Bureau of Statistics announced here Thursday.

    The figure was 6.4 percentage points higher than that of last year.  Full story

China's industrial output up 12.4% in Q3

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's industrial output rose 12.4 percent in the third quarter this year from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said at a press conference here Thursday.

    The figure increased 8.7 percent year on year in the first nine months.  Full story

China's retail sales up 15.1% in first three quarters

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales in the first three quarters rose 15.1 percent year on year, or 17 percent after deducting price factors, to top 8.97 trillion yuan (1.31 trillion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. Full story 

More Economic Data in Sept.

New Loans	Forex Reserve	Imports and Exports
516.7 billion yuan	$2.27 trillion	$218.94 billion
FDI	Housing Prices	Power Consumption
$7.9 billion	2.8%	10.24%

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