Confidence is rising, but business leaders in China are less upbeat about conditions for their own firms than they are about the wider economy. This suggests that sentiment may be running ahead of reality. Meanwhile, households are as reluctant as ever to spend and the number hoping to buy a property soon has fallen.
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