Foreign direct investment into China declined for a 10th straight month, by 35.7% to $5.36 billion in the 12 months through July. Since January, FDI has declined 20.30%. Expectations for the year-to-date figure had seen the contraction to be realized at only 16.80%. Worse-than-expected figures come after new Yuan loans plummeted 76.75% in the month of July alone, to lows last seen in November.