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China Industrial profits for March: +11.1% y/y vs. -4.7% last

China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed this Wednesday; profits earned by Chinese industrial firms in March rose 11.1% y/y in March to 561.24 billion yuan (59.3 billion pounds).

Meanwhile, profits rose 7.4% q/q in the March quarter. Chinese industrial firms' debt at the end of March was 5.2% higher than at the same point last year.

Industrial profits in the January-February period rose 4.7% y/y, snapping a seven-month losing streak.

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