Economics
China Risks ‘Sacrificing’ Growth as Energy Curbs Hit
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China’s industrial output growth may have weakened in July as the government shuttered energy- intensive factories, highlighting how environmental goals risk damping growth just as export orders soften.
Industrial production climbed 13.4 percent from a year earlier after a 13.7 percent gain in June, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 29 economists. The data are scheduled for release in Beijing on Aug. 11.