Weak housing market in China blights the other sectors as well

Beijing

SOFTER domestic demand probably pulled down growth in China's imports, investment and retail sales to multi-month or multi-year lows in September, raising questions about whether policymakers should do more to fight the slowdown.

Fading momentum worldwide would add to bets that the world's second-largest economy likely slowed in the third quarter, as its sagging housing market increasingly weighed on other sectors.