SHANGHAI -- China's growth rate slowed further to a record low of 6.0% for the July-September quarter as added U.S. tariffs punished the economy, according to preliminary figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday.
The previous quarter's 6.2% growth had been China's slowest since 1992, when the country first began reporting quarterly growth data. The figure is lower than the 6.1% median forecast from 20 economists polled by Nikkei and Nikkei Quick News last week.
