China’s stability shaken

Missing estimates: A file picture shows labourers working at a steel market in Yichang in central China’s Hubei province. With tepid global demand and domestic businesses reluctant to invest, the government has increased fiscal support this year. – AP

Slowdown seen in factory output, retail sales and investment

BEIJING: China’s recent economic stabilisation faltered in July as factory output, retail sales and investment all slowed, while the broadest measure of new credit rose the least in two years.