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Wednesday, 12 July: NATO meets in Lithuania; China's economy stalls; Ben Roberts-Smith appeals his defamation loss; and the perfect swear word

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The Economic Impact of China's Growth Target

China's economic growth is slower than they would like it to be. China raised its growth target to 5%. That's up from last year's target of 3%, but economists are worried that they might not actually hit that goal. New data shows that their consumer price growth was 0% in June, and for context, our central bank has an inflation target between 2-3% for Australia. Ben Robert Smith is appealing his defamation loss against nine newspapers.

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