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China's economic activity contracts sharply

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China's industrial output and retail sales plummeted in the first two months of the year amid the country's bout with the coronavirus.

Industrial output declined 13.5%, while retail sales fell 20.5% in January and February.

Additionally, fixed-asset investment, a gauge of construction activity, dropped by 24.5%.

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