CHINA'S ECONOMY JOLTED BY WEAKEST FACTORY OUTPUT, RETAIL SALES GROWTH IN OVER A YEAR

China's factory output and retail sales grew at their weakest pace in over a year in October, piling pressure on policymakers to revamp the $19 trillion export-driven economy as a trade war with the U.S. and weak domestic demand heighten risks to growth.

For decades, the officials charged with keeping the world's second-largest economy humming have had the option of spurring its vast industrial complex to boost exports should consumers tighten spending at home, or reaching into the public purse to fund GDP-boosting infrastructure projects.

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