Time to look beyond headline numbers

Economy | Zheng Yangpeng

Analysts at foreign financial institutions who follow China's economic indicators closely get jittery over weak monthly data, such as the industrial output growth figure for August, which fell to a six-year low of 6.9 percent.

Lutfey Siddiqi, global head of emerging markets, foreign exchange, rates and credits for UBS AG, prefers to look at the broader picture.