Economics
China’s Economy Is Inching Out of Virus Slump, Early Data Show
- Small business sentiment improves again, survey indicates
- Financial markets still nervous over stimulus, geopolitics
A worker walks across empty lanes at the truck entrance to the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China, on March 23.
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China’s economy continued its slow recovery from the coronavirus slump in May, with better sentiment among companies tempered by the grim global outlook.
That’s the assessment from the earliest available indicators, which continued the pickup seen in April. However, global demand is weak and financial markets fell last week partly on disappointment at the government’s modest stimulus plans.