Retail sales: 0 (1, 0) 19 October 2026 | 2:35PM HKT Economics Research China: Q3 GDP slightly beat expectations on broad-based improvement in September activity Bottom line: China's Q3 GDP slightly beat market expectations, thanks to a broad-based improvement in September economic activity — especially retail sales and services industry output. The imbalance between strong exports and weak domestic final demand remained significant. Industrial production (IP) growth accelerated further to 5.5% yoy in Septem ...