WSJ: “Passenger-car sales in China accelerated in May, a positive sign for the world’s second-largest economy and the largest auto market. Strong auto sales in China, a signal consumers are still buying big-ticket items, could reassure markets concerned that the country is heading for a sharp economic slowdown.
Sales in May were up 23% from a year earlier, to 1.28 million vehicles, the semiofficial industry group China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement Saturday. That’s faster than Aprils 13% pace—which was itself an encouraging turnaround from the decline in the first quarter, when sales were down 1.3% from a year earlier.”
via China Passenger-Car Sales Pick Up – WSJ.com.
One small positive indicator amongst lots of negatives. See: https://chindia-alert.org/2012/06/10/chinese-economy-shows-a-second-month-of-anemic-growth/
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