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China’s economic engine, which has long been the world’s growth driver, is losing steam. Recent data highlights a deepening slowdown with far-reaching global consequences. The Chinese economy is under increasing strain, with its weakest growth in five quarters. Efforts to bolster consumer spending have yielded disappointing results, and China’s GDP …

China’s consumer inflation remained tepid last month, with factory-gate prices continuing to fall, indicating a lackluster demand despite Beijing’s efforts to boost consumption.The National Bureau of Statistics reported that the consumer-price index rose for a fifth consecutive month in June, slightly up 0.2% from a year earlier. Factory-gate prices remained …

The Chinese stock market collapse has significantly impacted foreign institutional investors, who considered China a key investment hub. The real estate crisis, slow growth, deflation, and demographic headwinds have worsened the outlook of the Chinese market. The recent uptick in the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 index is insufficient to offset …

China has pledged to reduce the amount of liquidity its banks must hold in reserves early next month as it attempts to boost its faltering economy. The Chinese central bank said it expects rapid credit growth in the first quarter. Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, said …

The People’s Bank of China has opted to maintain the country’s interest rates at 3.45%, in line with market expectations. Similarly, the 5-year lending rates were retained at 4.2%, aligning with the anticipated and priced-in scenario. However, the People’s Bank of China surprised the markets by keeping the interest rate …

Moody’s lowered its outlook for 8 Chinese banks to negative from stable, after lowering Beijing’s outlook to negative. The names that were downgraded included the four largest lenders in China, namely Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, and China Construction Bank Corporation. The agency said that …

China’s economy is seen as more sustainable because it is deflating its bubbles and raising productivity, while the US is doing the opposite – feeding the Bernanke bubble and hoping for an AI cure for falling productivity. The “twin cancers” plaguing China’s economy are a property bubble plus a shadow …

The scheduled meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco, according to traders, may signal an optimistic thawing of tensions and improve sentiment towards the Asian country’s battered assets.In Xi’s first trip to the US since 2017, when he met with then-President Donald Trump, the …

As he gets ready to leave for San Francisco, Fed Chair Jerome Powell may want to discuss China’s plans with Chinese officials on how to avoid a prolonged deflationary slump. However, it is worth noting that 4 years ago, on the thirteenth of November 2019, Powell said it is hard …

Only China wants its inflation to increase, whereas the rest of the world is trying to bring inflation down from current levels. China’s CPI decreased by two basis points in October. Although the country’s official statements indicate that deflation is unlikely, the PPI fell by more than 2.5%.There are also …