BEIJING – China's industrial output rose 3.5 percent in May from a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday, slightly missing expectations, as faltering demand at home and abroad adds pressure on policymakers to shore up a shaky economic recovery. May's expansion marked the slowest growth since February. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected output growth to cool to 3.6 percent from 5.6 percent in April. Retail sales, a key gauge of consumption, jumped 12.7 percent in May from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, slowing from the 18.

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