China March industrial output falls 1.1% year-on-year, better than forecast; first-quarter investment slides 16.1%

China's industrial output fell a less steeper-than-expected 1.1% in March from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday, as the coronavirus crisis and strict containment measures severely disrupted the world's second-largest economy.

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