
Though Chinese economics over the last four or five months have been under pressure because of the trade issues with the US, retail sales continue their long, long streak of month-over-month growth. But another story is told when the numbers are viewed from a different vantage point. Growth over the last quarter of 2018 was 25.3% lower than the growth in the same quarter quarter of 2017. The effects of a slower economy are having an impact on the Chinese consumer. Source: www. Tradingeconomics.com; National Bureau of Statistics of China