כינע זאגט אז איר עקאנאמיע איז געוואקסן מיט 2.3% אין 2020, אָבער קאָנסומער ספּענדינג איז געפאלן

PUBLISHED SUN, JAN 17 20218:45 PM ESTUPDATED SUN, JAN 17 202110:07 PM EST

מקור: CNBC

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KEY POINTS

· China reported GDP rose 2.3% last year as the world struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

· Gross domestic product grew by 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, official data from National Bureau of Statistics showed.

· Economists expected China to have been the only major economy to grow last year, and predicted GDP expanded by just over 2%.

BEIJING — China reported GDP rose 2.3% last year as the world struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Gross domestic product grew by 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, official data from National Bureau of Statistics showed.

However, Chinese consumers remained reluctant to spend, as retail sales contracted 3.9% for the year. Retail sales for the fourth quarter rose 4.6% from a year ago.

Online sales of consumer goods rose at a relatively rapid pace of 14.8% last year, the statistics bureau said, but the proportion of overall retail sales held fairly steady at around one-fourth.

Economists expected China to have been the only major economy to grow last year, and predicted GDP expanded by just over 2%.

קאָוויד 19 איז ערשט אנטשטאנען אין דער כינעזישער שטאָט וווהאַן אין שפּעט 2019. אין אַן אָנשטרענגונג צו קאנטראלירן דעם ווירוס, האָבן כינעזישע אויטאריטעטן פארשלאסן מער ווי האלב פון לאנד, און די עקאנאמיע האָט קאָנטראַקטירט מיט 6.8% אין די ערשטע דריי חדשים פון 2020.

אבער, China returned to growth by the second quarter. Economists polled by Reuters predicted GDP would increase 6.1% in the fourth quarter, faster than the 4.9% pace of the prior quarter.

טשיינאַ ס גדפּ וווּקס ציפער דעם יאָר וועט קומען אַוועק אַ לאָוערד באַזע.

In late December, the National Bureau of Statistics lowered China’s official growth rate for 2019 to 6.0%, versus the previously reported 6.1%. The cut primarily occurred in manufacturing, as factories dealt with new U.S. tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods.