Via ING, preview thoughts:

• China will release its GDP report for the first quarter and activity data for March.
• We expect GDP growth at 3.8%YoY, with consumption and infrastructure investment as the major drivers. Strong loan growth in March should support faster infrastructure investments.
• Retail sales should continue to recover.
• However industrial production will be affected by weak external demand.
• We will be monitoring how quickly infrastructure investment grows amid strong loan growth.
• We will also look at the details of retail sales to find clues on consumption recovery, whether it is broad-based and how fast it can grow in the coming months.

• This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
• The times in the left-most column are GMT.
• The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

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