9月中國工業企業利潤增幅放緩
Industrial profit growth in China eased visibly in September as sales softened and the basis for comparison became less favourable.
9月中國工業利潤增速明顯放緩，這是因爲銷售在減少，而且對比基數變得不太有利。
Industrial profits at large firms in China grew 7.7 per cent year-on-year in September according to the National Bureau of Statistics, down from 19.5 per cent in August when they hit their highest level since September 2013.
中國國家統計局(NBS)數據顯示，9月份規模以上工業企業利潤同比增長7.7%，低於8月19.5%的增速——此爲2013年9月以來的最高增速。
The data put year-on-year industrial profit growth for the first nine months of the year at 8.4 per cent, holding steady from the previous month’s reading.
1-9月份，規模以上工業企業利潤同比增長8.4%，增速與1-8月份基本持平。
The statistics bureau pointed to a decline of 0.8 per cent in existing stocks and a lowering by 0.6 per cent of leverage among companies as evidence of further improvement,
國家統計局指出，企業產成品存貨同比下降0.8%，企業負債率下降6個百分點，表明形勢進一步改善。
though it noted as well that production and sales had grown more slowly than the month prior.
不過，國家統計局也指出，生產和銷售增長慢於前一個月。
While the bureau maintained its position that recent growth bore the hallmarks of recovery, it also acknowledged that domestic demand remained weak and warned of a need to remain on guard against corporate debt risk.
國家統計局雖然堅持認爲，工業利潤迴歸平穩增長態勢，但也承認國內外市場需求總體仍然偏弱，並警告稱，仍有必要防範企業債務風險。
