China's quarterly economic growth steady at 6.7 percent
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Official figures show China's economic growth held steady in the most recent quarter, as the world's second-biggest economy continued to turn in its weakest performance since the global financial crisis.
Data released Friday in Beijing showed that the China's economy expanded 6.7 percent in the April-June period compared with the same period a year earlier.
It's the same rate of growth as the previous three-month period and the lowest since early 2009, when growth slumped to 6.2 percent amid the turmoil of the global crisis.
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The latest numbers were in line with economists' expectations.
China's economy last year posted its slowest annual growth in a quarter century and it's expected to slow further this year.