High importanceCNCNY · Growth · 18 Oct 2026 · 22:00 ET · in 1 d 13 h

China industrial production, year on year (Sep)

Sun 18 October · 22:00 ET (10:00 Beijing) · in 1 d 13 h. Output of factories, mines and utilities.

Forecast
5.4%
Previous
5.2%
Actual
Due 22:00 ET

Below 4.85%In line 4.85% to 5.95%Above 5.95%

▏Forecast 5.4%○ Previous 5.2%

The levelsMeasured from its last 12 prints

BelowBelow 4.85%CNY down
In line4.85% to 5.95%Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 5.95%CNY up

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0.55%). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. CNY up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when CNY does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 11 prints vs the forecast before each: 7 above · 0 in line · 4 below

3.74%4.52%5.3%6.08%6.86%Oct ’25Dec ’25Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26Sep (next)

— Forecast before the print● Actual▮ Next release: in-line range

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
14 Sep 2026Aug4.8%5.2%Above forecast
17 Aug 2026Jul5%4.5%Below forecast
14 Jul 2026Jun4.6%5.3%Above forecast
15 Jun 2026May4.3%4.5%Above forecast
17 May 2026Apr5.9%4.1%Below forecast
15 Apr 2026Mar5.5%5.7%Above forecast
15 Mar 2026Feb5.3%6.3%Above forecast
18 Jan 2026Dec5%5.2%Above forecast
14 Dec 2025Nov5%4.8%Below forecast
13 Nov 2025Oct5.5%4.9%Below forecast
19 Oct 2025Sep5%6.5%Above forecast

What moved

After it prints: The pairs it maps from the hour before to the hour after, from 1-hour bars.