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Monthly Archives: May, 2017

Just How Overleveraged is China’s Economy?

Moody's recent decision to downgrade China's sovereign credit rating due to concerns over burgeoning debt has prompted some domestic observers to turn the spotlight...

Will China Change Its Pricing Model for the Renminbi?

The Chinese government is mulling a pivotal adjustment to the models that it uses to determine the Renminbi's central parity rate against the greenback, with a...

Top Demographer Claims China’s Population Estimates Overblown

A demographic expert from one of China's leading universities claims that the official figures for the country's total population and average birth rate are...

PBOC Seeks to Assuage Concerns Over Shrinking Balance Sheet

An insider from the Chinese central bank has sought to calm concerns about Q1 balance sheet contractions and the attendant liquidity impacts by airing his views on the  matter...

WSJ Claims China Has Re-pegged Yuan to the Dollar

A report by the Wall Street Journal claims that China has unofficially re-pegged its official currency to the US greenback following the election of President Trump. According...

State Council Researcher Says Tax Reform Could Curb Chinese Property Speculation

A special researcher with China's senior-most government body says that real estate tax reforms are the best means of curing the speculative bent of...

China’s Money Multiplier Rises to Record High

The rate at which base money created by China's central bank is transformed into money in the real economy has reached its highest level since...

Dragonomics Foresees Financial Crisis in China Within a Decade

A leading investment consultancy says that China could suffer a financial crisis in under a decade a result of unsustainable debt growth. Gavekal Dragonomics chief economist Anatole...

Sustained RMB Rise Expected Despite Fed Flagging Rate Hike

China Merchant Securities expects continued appreciation of the RMB despite the US Federal Reserve flagging a gradual rise in interest rates. The minutes of the US central bank May 2...

Have China’s Reforms Hit a Wall Because of Xi Jinping’s Conservatism?

A leading stateside expert on the Chinese economy says that the country's much-vaunted reform efforts have run out of steam because of renewed conservatism...

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