China's GDP grows at 6.4pc, beating economists polled by Bloomberg

CHINA's economy grew 6.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, according to the National Bureau of Statistics' (NBS) Q1 report, Caixin reports. The expansion in the nation's GDP was unchanged from the rate posted in the fourth quarter of 2018. It also beat a median forecast of 6.3 per cent by economists polled by Bloomberg.

All other major activity indicators gauging investment, industrial output and consumption hit multi-month highs, according to data shown.

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