10 15pm on the 13th Of August on sunday, those two men were standing outside the nightclub, in south london, they were approached police say by a man who attacked them with a knife before running away. Both men are in their 20s or 30s, they were taken to hospital for treatment and have since been discharged, there has been no officers, officers are following up leads, they are crucial in the Ongoing Investigation what they described as a homophobic attack of the two men. We will of course have more on that story as we get it but now lets go to tie and write for the business news. Lets start with china. Weve had some worrying data this week fuelling fears about the health today, Property Prices fell for the first time this year due to flagging demand house prices fell by 0. 1 injuly, compared with the same month last year. Going into reverse again for the First Time Since china began to emerge from its covid lockdown. 0n wednesday, on wednesday, Retail Sales Growth slowed to 2. 5 , a si
year. going into reverse again for the first time since china began to emerge from its covid lockdown.0n wednesday, on wednesday, retail sales growth slowed to 2.5%, a sign of the nervousness of consumers. and on the same day, beijing s statistics agency decided not to publish the latest figure for youth unemployment as had been scheduled. it reached a record high of 21.3% injune and was forecast to rise even more. james early is chief investment officer at bbae, a digital investment platform. he joins me from washington. thanks very much for being with us today james. thanks very much for being with us todayjames. now we know thanks very much for being with us today james. now we know that house prices are a barometer of the health of economies all over the world, but they are particularly important in china, why don t you explain to us a little bit more? in the west, i mean housing is one thing we put our