Economics
The Virus Is Still Sapping China’s $6 Trillion Power to Consume
- New regular Bloomberg News consumer tracker collates data
- Slow, vulnerable recovery seen in data from dining to gambling
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Three months after China started to emerge from its coronavirus restrictions, its army of shoppers that help power the global economy are still nervous of travel, reticent to spend and forming habits that may change the face of consumption permanently.
In this first edition of a regular fixture, Bloomberg News has brought together a range of data from property spending to dining out, gambling to air travel, for a comprehensive look at the health of the Chinese consumer.