Hong Kong unrest contributed 2 pct points to Q3 GDP contraction: official
[HONG KONG] Social unrest in Hong Kong contributed two percentage points to the city's economic contraction in the third quarter, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the city's government, told legislators in a televised hearing on Friday, citing "rough estimates".
Hong Kong sank into recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter, government data confirmed in November, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the escalating US-China trade war.
The economy shrank by 3.2 per cent in July-September from the previous quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis and contracted 2.9 per cent from the previous year, revised government data showed.
REUTERS
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