BEIJING—China is expected to report on Jan. 21 that economic growth cooled to its slowest in 28 years in 2018 amid weakening domestic demand and bruising U.S. tariffs, adding pressure on Beijing to roll out more support measures to avert a sharper slowdown.
Growing signs of weakness in China—which has generated nearly a third of global growth in the past decade—are stoking worries about risks to the world economy and are weighing on profits for firms ranging from Apple to big carmakers.
