Report Overview - Report Date: December 17, 2025 - Report Title: Economic Data Review for November 2025 1. Industry Investment Rating - The document does not provide an industry investment rating. 2. Core Viewpoints - Most economic indicators continued to weaken in November. Consumption and investment faced significant pressure, and the GDP growth rate in Q4 might slow down compared to Q3. The core contradiction in the current economic operation is the co - existence of the drag from the adjustment of old driving forces and the growth of new driving forces. Real - estate downturn and cautious consumer behavior are short - term constraints, while policy support and industrial upgrading are key supports [2]. - In December, social retail sales still face a high - base pressure from the +3.7% year - on - year growth in December 2024, and the effect of the withdrawal of national subsidies may continue to show. In terms of fixed - asset investment, the decline in real - estate investment has widened, infrastructure investment may be under great fiscal constraint pressure, and only manufacturing upgrading provides support [2]. - The 2025 Central Economic Work Conference emphasized the role of domestic demand, strengthened the main position of enterprise innovation, and added the statement of "increasing counter - cyclical and cross - cyclical adjustment" in macro - policies. Attention should be paid to the implementation effect of growth - stabilization policies and the supporting role of high - quality development and new productive forces on the economy [2]. - In 2026, the bond market may perform better than expected. Since the second half of the year, the bond market has often deviated from the fundamentals and is dominated by institutional behavior. It is expected that the policy interest rate will be cut by about 20BP in 2026, with a 10BP cut likely in Q1. In the long - term, the 30 - year treasury bond yield is expected to fall below 2% [3]. 3. Summary by Category Consumption - In November, the growth rate of social retail sales continued to decline. The total retail sales of consumer goods in November was 4.4 trillion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 1.3%, 1.6 percentage points lower than the previous month. The year - on - year growth rate has declined for six consecutive months, reaching the lowest single - month level since 2023. From January to November, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 4.0% year - on - year, 0.3 percentage points lower than from January to October [2]. - The policy to expand service consumption continued to be implemented, and service retail sales continued to grow rapidly. From January to November, the retail sales of cultural, sports, and leisure services continued to grow at a double - digit rate. The national box office revenue increased by 19.5% year - on - year, and the number of moviegoers increased by 20.3% year - on - year [2]. - The year - on - year growth rate of most retail sales of national - subsidy - related categories continued to slow down. In November, the year - on - year growth rate of retail sales of above - quota household appliances and audio - visual equipment dropped significantly to - 19.4%, 4.8 percentage points lower than in October. The year - on - year retail sales of above - quota furniture decreased by 3.8%, 13.4 percentage points lower than in October [2]. Fixed - Asset Investment - The pressure on fixed - asset investment continued to increase. The cumulative year - on - year growth rate of fixed - asset investment has been weakening for eight consecutive months, with negative growth for three consecutive months and an accelerating decline. The decline in real - estate development investment has widened for nine consecutive months. From January to November, fixed - asset investment decreased by 2.6% year - on - year [2]. - From January to November, infrastructure investment, manufacturing investment, and real - estate development investment decreased by 1.1%, increased by 1.9%, and decreased by 15.9% year - on - year respectively, 1.0, 0.8, and 1.2 percentage points lower than the previous period. Infrastructure investment has had negative cumulative year - on - year growth for two consecutive months [2]. - Private investment has had negative cumulative year - on - year growth for six consecutive months. From January to November, the year - on - year decline widened to - 5.3%, 0.8 percentage points lower than from January to October [2]. Foreign Trade - The overall growth rate of imports and exports rebounded significantly. In November, the total value of imports and exports was 3.9 trillion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 4.1%, a significant increase of 4 percentage points from 0.1% in October. Exports were 2.3 trillion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 5.7%, rebounding from - 0.8% in October. Imports were 1.6 trillion yuan, maintaining growth for six consecutive months [3]. - Trade with the EU and Africa rebounded significantly, while the decline in exports to the US continued to widen. In November, the total trade value with ASEAN increased by 3.3% year - on - year, and exports to ASEAN increased by 8.2%. The total trade value with the EU increased by 10.25% year - on - year, 8.3 percentage points higher than the previous period. Exports to the EU increased by 14.8% year - on - year, a significant rebound of 13.9 percentage points from October [3]. - High - end manufacturing became the core driving force for the rebound. In November, exports of mechanical and electrical products increased by 9.65% year - on - year in US dollars, 8.4 percentage points higher than the previous month, and exports of high - tech products increased by 7.68% year - on - year, 5.9 percentage points higher than the previous month [3]. Industrial and Service Sectors - From January to November, the added value of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 6.0% year - on - year, 0.1 percentage points lower than from January to October. In November, it increased by 4.8% year - on - year, 0.1 percentage points lower than in October [3]. - In November, the added value of high - tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing above the designated size increased by 8.4% and 7.7% year - on - year respectively, maintaining a growth rate of over 7% in each month since 2025 [3]. - In November, the service production index increased by 4.2% year - on - year, 0.4 percentage points lower than the previous month and 1.9 percentage points lower than in November last year [3]. Economic Outlook and Recommendations - The economy still faces certain pressure. On the consumption side, although there is growth in durable goods and service consumption supported by policies, the decline in the retail sales of above - quota durable goods reflects that the overall consumer willingness still needs to be boosted. On the investment side, the drag of infrastructure and real - estate on the economy may continue [3]. - The probability of the introduction of growth - stabilization policies such as reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate cuts increases. The bond market in 2026 may perform better than expected, and it is recommended to focus on the allocation value of 5 - year bank capital bonds and ultra - long - term interest - rate bonds [3]