China’s April Retail Sales YoY, jumped 18.4% vs. 21.0% expected and 10.6% previous while the country’s Industrial Production came in at 5.6% YoY vs. 10.9% estimated and 3.9% prior.

Meanwhile, the Fixed Asset Investment increased 4.7% YTD YoY in April vs 5.5% expected and 5.1% last.

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Market reaction

The Australian Dollar has come under renewed selling pressure after the downbeat Chinese data release. The AUD/USD pair is losing 0.27% on the day to trade at 0.6681, as of writing.