World Week Ahead: US earnings, China bets

Sun, 18 Oct 2015

By Margreet Dietz Oct. 19 (BusinessDesk) - A flurry of US corporate earnings from Morgan Stanley to Boeing to Amazon.com as well as the latest reports on the country’s real estate market are likely to set the tone in the days ahead. Today, China is set to release third-quarter GDP data, as well as retail sales, industrial production and fixed-asset investment, which will offer more clues about how fast the world’s second-biggest economy is slowing. The data could tip Chinese authorities to do more to bolster growth—a bet that has he...

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