Tag: Shale gas

carbon footprint CDT Money China Banking Regulatory Commission China National Petroleum Corp CPPCC earthquakes energy energy demand energy diplomacy energy policy energy security exchange rate fracking free trade agreement Fuel Prices hard landing interest rates Japan Li Daokui Li Keqiang Ministry of Commerce monetary policy National people's congress natural gas natural resources peoples bank of china pollution reform reserve requirement ratio Shaanxi shadow banking shale gas

CDT Money: Uneasy Status Quo?

In a week dominated by the political drama surrounding the dismissal of embattled Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai, speculation continued over possible monetary easing despite mixed messages from officials as they seek to stave off a hard landing for China’s economy. A week after Premier Wen Jiabao opened the National People’s Congress by lowering China’s 2012 GDP growth target, and just two days after China announced its largest trade deficit in