Reuters with commentary crossing from the National Bureau of Statistics in China:
- Investment stabilising, consumption improving
- Employment remains stable, 1.13 million new jobs created in August
- Downward pressure on China's economy still large
- Rises in property prices have initially been contained
- Says will continue to implement differentiated polices in property market
- Survey-based jobless rate currently around 5.1 pct
- Sees progress in cutting property inventories
- Says expects consumer price rises to remain stable in H2
- Cannot be blindly optimistic about exports despite rebound in August
- Foundations for China's economic stabilisation not solid enough
Some blunt commentary there from NBS spokesman Sheng Laiyun