Economy
March 1, 2017
China’s Economic Statistics and Steel Production through Q4 2016
Written by Peter Wright
Once each quarter we publish the official statistics for Chinese GDP, industrial production, consumer price inflation and fixed asset investment. Currently available GDP data is through the fourth quarter, other data included here is through December or January. Many analysts don’t believe these Party self-serving figures but we include them in our reports because of the importance of China in the global steel scene and these numbers are all there is. Figure 1 shows published data for the growth of GDP, industrial production and consumer prices through the fourth quarter of 2016.
