The recent rally of over 25% in Chinese was something we’ve not seen in over a decade. Beijing’s ‘stimulus blitz’ excited both institutional and retail investors alike. As context, China has struggled with deflationary pressures due to a prolonged real estate downturn and weakening domestic consumer confidence. In addition, a slew of economic data in recent months has missed expectations, raising worries the world’s second largest economy may not achieve its 5% full year growth target. The question is can the central government turn things around with more stimulus? I doubt it….
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Will Falling Commodities Help Drive Inflation Lower?
Commodity prices are well off their peaks. In theory, this should lead to lower CPI in coming months. But is this more an indication of a recessionary risk? I think so…
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