Percent: Auditing Services and Consumer Market

percent: Yu tightened his belt No more movies or eating out, according to The Japan Times. He put off buying a computer. ; I pay rent out of my savings, Yu said. As demand for auditing services sank, the 25-year-old accountant in the eastern city of Hangzhou was laid off in December. The downturn is squeezing urban workers and entrepreneurs the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help transform China from a low-wage factory into a prosperous consumer market. Growth in 2019 is forecast at more than 6 percent, down only slightly from about 6.5 percent last year. Headline economic numbers still look healthy. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.