Instant View: China third-quarter GDP grows 6.0% y/y, misses expectations
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic growth slowed more than expected to 6.0% year-on-year in the third quarter, the weakest pace in at least 27-1/2 years, as demand at home and abroad faltered amid a bruising Sino-U.S. trade war.Friday's data marked a further loss of momentum for the economy from the second quarter's 6.2% growth, likely raising expectations that Beijing needs to roll out more measures to ward off a sharper slowdown.Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast gross domestic product..