China Growth Goal May Be Met With Revised Data Belying Slowdown

With the stroke of a pen, China may meet its 2014 economic growth target after all.

China’s statistics bureau is predicted to announce results of its third national economic census this month after a year’s worth of interviews and data collection from millions of businesses. The past two, published in 2009 and 2005, prompted additions to gross domestic product estimates as the value of services was revised higher.