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Bloomberg
A Chinese coal industry group halted publication of a daily consumption index that was widely used as a real-time indicator of the nation’s economic health.
Accurate and timely data is key to understanding the world’s second-biggest economy, but releases can often change with little warning, even when the figures are from official sources. The coal market lost an important signpost when a major Chinese data provider halted its daily price index after the commodity slumped to a sensitive level that might have triggered state intervention.