China's industrial profits fall further in June
- Major Chinese industrial companies' profits fell 4.3% year-on-year in June, according to official data.
- The decline for January through June widened by 0.7 percentage points to 1.8%.
- The equipment manufacturing sector saw profits increase from a 2.8% decline to 9.6% growth.
- Automakers' profits almost doubled due to sales growth and higher investment returns by major companies.
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Chinese Steel Profits Recover as Beijing Targets Overcapacity
(Bloomberg) — The profitability of Chinese steel mills began to recover last month, with the improvement likely to accelerate in the second half of the year if the government delivers on its pledges to tackle overcapacity.
China's industrial output fell 4.3 percent in June from a year earlier, continuing a downward trend that had been 9.1 percent in May, the National Bureau of Statistics of China announced today.
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