格林大华期货-宏观经济专题报告：三季度增长符合预期，预期四季度将获支撑

Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the content Core Viewpoints - The economic growth rate in Q3 2025 met expectations, but due to the high base caused by policy stimulus in Q4 2024, the growth rate in Q4 2025 may be the lowest of the year. China is expected to achieve an annual economic growth target of around 5% in 2025 [4][22][24]. Summary by Relevant Catalogs GDP - In Q3 2025, China's GDP grew 4.8% year-on-year, in line with market expectations. The Q1 and Q2 growth rates were 5.4% and 5.2% respectively. The Q3 GDP grew 1.1% quarter-on-quarter. The cumulative GDP growth in the first three quarters was 5.2% year-on-year [1][5]. Investment - From January to September, national fixed - asset investment decreased 0.5% year-on-year, against a market expectation of flat growth. In September, fixed - asset investment decreased 0.07% month-on-month, showing an eight - month consecutive decline [2][8]. - From January to September, infrastructure investment (broad sense) grew 3.3% year-on-year, while narrow - sense infrastructure investment grew 1.1% year-on-year. Manufacturing investment grew 4.0% year-on-year, and real estate development investment decreased 13.9% year-on-year [2][8]. - In September, manufacturing investment decreased 1.9% year-on-year, and narrow - sense infrastructure investment decreased 4.6% year-on-year [8]. Real Estate - From January to September, the sales area of new commercial housing decreased 5.5% year-on-year, and the sales volume decreased 7.9% year-on-year. In September, the sales of new commercial housing declined at an accelerated pace [11]. - In September, the prices of second - hand residential properties in 70 large and medium - sized cities continued to decline. The prices in first - tier cities decreased 1.0% month-on-month, and the declines in second - and third - tier cities widened [11]. - In September, the funds available to real estate development enterprises decreased 11.0% year-on-year. The new construction area decreased 15.0% year-on-year, and the completed area increased 0.39% year-on-year [12]. Industry - In September, the added value of large - scale industrial enterprises grew 6.5% year-on-year, exceeding market expectations. The product sales rate was 96.7%, up 0.7 percentage points year-on-year but 2.1 percentage points lower than in September 2019 [3][13]. - In Q3 2025, the capacity utilization rate of large - scale industrial enterprises was 74.6%, the lowest in the same period since 2017, down 0.5 percentage points year-on-year [14]. Foreign Trade - In September, China's exports denominated in US dollars grew 8.3% year-on-year, exceeding expectations. The overall export growth in the first nine months was 6.1%, higher than the same period last year, thanks to export diversification. However, the export growth rate is likely to decline in Q4 due to the high base in Q4 last year [3][15][16]. Consumption - In September, the total retail sales of consumer goods grew 3.0% year-on-year, slightly lower than market expectations. The growth rate of consumer goods sales by限额以上 units in some categories slowed down, mainly due to high base effects and subsidy reductions [4][18]. Employment - In September, the national urban survey unemployment rate was 5.2%, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous month and up 0.1 percentage point from the same month last year [4][21]. Policy and Outlook - The central government has allocated 500 billion yuan from the local government debt balance limit to local governments to support debt resolution and project construction. About 500 billion yuan of new policy - based financial instruments may be issued in Q4 [4][22][24]. - The suspension of 24% ad - valorem tariffs between China and the US is likely to be extended after November 10 [4][24].