Martell, the cognac brand owned by French wine and spirits group Pernod Ricard, continues its efforts in promoting responsible drinking, encouraging consumers to drink in moderation and avoid excessive drinking while enjoying jovial moments with family and friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

法国葡萄酒和烈酒集团保乐力加（Pernod Ricard）旗下的干邑品牌马爹利（Martell）继续努力推广负责任的饮酒，鼓励消费者在中秋节期间与家人和朋友一起享受欢乐时光的同时，适量饮酒，避免过度饮酒。

By distributing customized publicity materials at these outlets, the brand is committed to precisely reaching more consumers and driving behavioral change towards drinking in moderation.

通过在这些门店分发定制的宣传材料，该品牌致力于准确地接触到更多消费者，并推动行为向适度饮酒转变。

"To counter the claims that Beijing might access the user information or influence content on the platform, TikTok has announced measures including opening up its algorithms and moderation policies, so outsiders can access the algorithms it uses to sort and share users' videos.

An economic analysis published by the APEC Policy Support Unit shows that economic growth in the APEC region is expected to reach 3.1 percent this year, following a 2.6 percent moderation last year.

Commenting on a moderation in China's average growth rates over the past few years, he said "it is moderate growth as long as China's economic aggregate maintains steady expansion.

"Despite the moderation in economic growth last year, price rises have been kept at a relatively low level, which is no easy feat," Li said.

Lloyd Chan, senior economist at Oxford Economics think tank, said China's targeted macro policy easing and infrastructure spending, with a moderation of some COVID measures and more support for the property sector will help underpin the economic rebound in the following months, and his team expects China's economy will continue to recover into 2023.

Senior NBS statistician Zhu Hong attributed the revenue growth moderation and profit slip of industrial firms to multiple factors, including the scattered and rising COVID-19 cases at home and the reversal of positive growth in the producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate.

Dong Lijuan, senior statistician at NBS, said that the PPI growth moderation shows that the policies rolled out earlier by government authorities in ensuring commodity supply and stabilizing prices have taken initial effects.

In a separate note on Wednesday, Lu Ting, Nomura's chief China economist, said the moderation in June was led mainly by the production sub-index, which fell to 51.9 in June from 52.7 in May, according to NBS data.

Yet, despite the sequential moderation in June from May, PMI prints were still solid in the second quarter, pointing to the resilience of China's economy, Lu said.

"Despite the sequential moderation in June from May, we believe PMI prints were still solid in the second quarter, pointing to the resilience of China's economy amid the recent, small-scale resurgence of COVID-19 in Guangdong province," said Lu Ting, Nomura's chief China economist.

The Caixin manufacturing PMI, which surveys more small and medium-sized enterprises and export-oriented enterprises located in eastern coastal regions, recorded a growth in October as against the market expectations of a moderation.

The ICI has maintained above the boom-bust line for 25 consecutive months, but the moderation during the past three months revealed downward risks in the economy, the CFIE said on its website.

"Currently, there is no deflation in China's economy," the PBOC said in its first-quarter monetary policy report, adding the recent moderation in price increases is mainly due to the faster recovery in supply than demand and last year's high comparison base.

Lu Ting, Nomura's chief economist in China, said ongoing monetary and fiscal easing measures appear insufficient to stimulate China's economic growth, which has shown some signals of moderation in the second half of this year.

Some market mavens said the move is an important policy response to a possible economic growth moderation in the second half.

The moderation is an indication that the central bank is veering toward a normal monetary policy stance, said Wen Bin, chief analyst at China Minsheng Bank.

The moderation in liquidity injection eases concerns that authorities may try to stimulate the economy with an oversized credit injection and put the economy back on the path of debt-fueled growth, a major risk to the stability of the banking system, said Nicholas Zhu, an analyst with Moody's Investors Service, a global credit ratings agency.

In a 2004 paper, Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman from 2006 to 2014, used the term "great moderation" to describe the period of low inflation, steady growth and low unemployment from 1984 to the early 2000s.

But, the great moderation was really over by the time Bernanke's paper was published.

Manu George, senior investment director of fixed income with Schroders, another global asset management firm, said a moderation in the rate of growth in the midst of economic upgrading will benefit China's bond market.

Key ingredients for the recovery in market confidence in Asia are the greenback's moderation, signals of probable easing of Sino-US trade ties, and the expectation of stimulus measures from the Chinese government, Tai said.

In Europe, there are some signs of moderation in the recent forecast due to uncertainty on the evolution of current trade tensions that could negatively affect investment decisions.

The Scotland-based asset manager said it holds a positive view on the Chinese equities and fixed-income market in 2018, despite the country's potential growth moderation.

The asset manager held a positive view on the Chinese equities and fixed-income markets in 2018, despite the country's potential growth moderation.