China’s Q2 GDP growth met government targets at 5.2% YoY, but the recovery remains uneven beneath the headline numbers. High-tech manufacturing and services are driving growth, while real estate and retail sectors continue to struggle, highlighting structural challenges.

China's economy slowed in the second quarter but bucked expectations of a larger slowdown in the face of U.S. tariffs, a property market slump and a sluggish global economy, official figures out Tuesday show.

Chinas economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter of 2025 as trade tensions and the prolonged property downturn weighed on demand, intensifying pressure on policymakers to step up stimulus efforts.

Bloomberg's economists are penciling in a 2.1 percent gain for U.S. GDP in the AprilJune quarter, the strongest stretch of growth we've seen all year. After that, they expect growth to slow sharply, slipping to around 0.

SINGAPORE] The economy expanded 4.3 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2025, extending the pace of growth in the previous quarter, advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) showed on Monday (Jul 14).

China's economy grew at a slightly faster pace than expected in the second quarter, showing resilience in the face of U.S. tariffs, though analysts warn of intensifying headwinds that will ramp up pressure on policymakers to roll out more stimulus.

Some economists in Singapore have raised their full-year growth forecast for 2025, following better-than-expected second quarter results. According to advance estimates, Q2 GDP expanded 4.3% despite US tariff uncertainty,

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