Next Week In China

Following the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mainland China has scheduled the release of only one statistical report for next week.

Next week in September will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Monday and Tuesday are public holidays, and the market will be closed. Therefore, only loan prime rates – which serve as the benchmark for pricing corporate and retail loans – are the only major economic data expected from mainland China.

Next week will be a significant week for data releases, with over 10 economic reports scheduled. In particular, the August consumer and producer price indices – which are key measures of inflation – as well as credit-related data, deserve extra attention.

There will be no major economic data releases from mainland China to begin September. However, the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) statistics from Caixin, which focuses on smaller private firms, also warrant attention as a supplement to the official government PMI data.