Rising Chinese incomes defy GDP slowdown
Greater share of output is going to country's citizens; this explains govt's restraint in eschewing broad-based stimulus
Beijing
CHINA'S economy is slowing. Yet for the person on the street, incomes are rising, jobs are secure and inflation is restrained, helping explain the government's restraint in eschewing broad-based stimulus.
Obscured among the avalanche of data accompanying Tuesday's report that China's economic growth slowed to the weakest pace since 2009 in the third quarter are income statistics. They showed a rising share of output in the world's second-largest economy is landing in the pockets of its citizens.
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