China set to report retail sales and industrial production data for October

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Retail sales in October were forecast to have picked up to 3.8% year-on-year growth, according to analysts polled by Reuters, after rising by 3.2% in September.
Industrial production was expected to have risen by 5.6%.
Fixed-asset investment, reported on a year-to-date basis, was anticipated to post 3.5% growth from a year ago.

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