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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