China reported major economic data on Thursday that pointed to faster growth on the consumer side while both industrial production and investment grew at a slower pace in July.Figures released on Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed China's retail sales, a key measurement of consumer spending, grew by 2.7 percent year-on-year in July, up from the 2 percent growth in June. China's value-added industrial output, a gauge of activity in the manufacturing, mining and utilities sectors, grew by 5.1 percent in July from a year earlier after a 5.3 percent rise in June. In the January-July period, fixed-asset investment, a gauge of expenditures on items including infrastructure, property, machinery and equipment, rose by 3.6 percent compared with a year earlier, while in the January-June period, it grew by 3.9 percent year-on-year. (ICE PECHINO)

Fonte notizia: the National Bureau of Statistics