China is struggling to offset economic challenges both at home and abroad, as its economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the second quarter of the year.

By Kevin Yao BEIJING, July 13 (Reuters) - China's economy likely slowed in the second quarter after a solid start to the year, as weak domestic demand offset the boost from resilient exports during a ...

The IMF, rather consistently, has forecast that China’s surplus will fall over time. And, until very recently, the IMF more or less forecast that it would fall back to around 1 percent of China’s GDP.

China’s economy slowed more than expected last quarter to the weakest in more than three years, raising pressure on policymakers to speed up public spending to ensure their annual growth goal is met.

Moody’s, one of the world’s Big 3 credit ratings agencies, this week confirmed China’s sovereign credit rating of A1, Upper-Medium Investment Grade, and revised its outlook from “Negative” to “Stable.

For decades, China maintained double-digit GDP growth, yet this period was accompanied by numerous structural problems. When growth slowed, these contradictions became even more severe, manifesting as ...

China Q1 GDP seen growing 4.8%, vs 4.5% in Q4 GDP growth seen at 4.6% in 2026, 4.5% in 2027 Inflation seen at 1.0% in 2026, same pace in 2027 C.bank seen keeping LPR steady in 2026, cutting RRR in Q3 ...

Strong exports of electrical and mechanical products supercharged China’s economy in the first three months of the year, with growth exceeding analysts’ expectations even as the Iran war upended ...