CEIC Data Report - China Economy in a Snapshot Q1

China Economy in a Snapshot is a quarterly publication, designed to provide a comprehensive, albeit concise overview of current economic and financial developments.

The report covers the four main macroeconomic sectors (Real, Monetary & Financial, Fiscal and External), presenting commentary and charts on a broad range of topics that include:

Comprehensive overview of current economic and financial developments
Covers Real, Monetary & Financial, Fiscal and External macroeconomic sectors
Insights China's plans to open up private and foreign capital in certain sectors

The CEIC Smoothed Leading Indicator for the Chinese economy was 100.9 in December 2018, declining by 1.8 pp m/m and approaching its long-term trend (100). Raw data for the same period (99) suggested that China fell below its long-term trend for the first time since September 2015 and registered the sharpest decline since June 2014.

Declines were observed in the cyclical components of all eight indicator components, with automobile production and deposits being deep below the long-term trend. Economic activity has been steadily losing momentum since its peak in February 2018. The smoothed data further suggests that the economic turning point was most likely the end of 2016 and that the expansion between Q4 2017 and Q1 2018 was more of a temporary event.

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