Economic data released over the weekend indicated that China’s economy may have begun to stabilize in September, as both the trade surplus and money supply grew more than estimated and inflation fell to its slowest pace in...
Under a cloud cover of speculation about a potential fiscal stimulus package, China’s central bank announced a 25 basis point cut to lending and deposit rates on Thursday, its first interest rate cut since late 2008 and...
China’s exports fell in January for the first time in two years, amid concern over a global economic slowdown. From Bloomberg: Overseas shipments decreased 0.5 percent and imports fell 15.3 percent from a year earlier, the...
For all the fears about China’s debt load and slowing growth, The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Orlik contrasts China’s still-booming economy with those of Japan, Europe and the United States, and says that its...
An influx of speculative capital, known as “hot money,” has for the last several years allowed China’s foreign exchange reserves to continue growing despite a shrinking trade surplus. The Wall Street...
Despite recent reports about manufacturers fleeing China amid rising wages, China’s dominance in the export field is still going strong, according to new statistics out this week. From the Australian: The latest evidence...
Reuters reports that China’s imports surged by 35% in August over last year: The unexpectedly big increase in imports also dented China’s politically contentious trade surplus ahead of U.S. Congressional hearings...
Keith Bradsher from the New York Times reports on China’s trade surplus: The Chinese government announced on Tuesday morning the country’s biggest trade surplus in a year and a half, as an unexpected surge in Chinese exports and...
From Marketwatch: China’s trade surplus with the rest of the world grew more than expected in June, according to numbers released Saturday. The Chinese government said its trade surplus was $20.02 billion in June, higher...
From Bloomberg: China’s trade surplus may slide 19 percent in 2010 as imports surge because of growing domestic demand, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said. The amount will narrow to $160 billion from an estimated $198...
The EU Chamber of Commerce in China has announced that China may face a protectionist backlash because Chinese manufacturers, working at overcapacity, are dumping materials on the market: [Chamber president, Jörg Wuttke] was...
The International Herald Tribune is looking at who will take the job of US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. when Obama takes office next month; Mr. Paulson was frequently seen as the “No. 1 China hand” to...
From Bloomberg: China’s trade surplus widened to a record in September as exports withstood the global economic slowdown and falling commodity prices reduced the import bill. Exports rose 21.5 percent from a year earlier...
Both U.S. Presidential candidates have stressed the need for China’s currency revaluation in their recent policy positions, reported earlier on CDT here. But are their proposals economically sound? Obama writes at AmCham:...
The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s escalating inflation rates seem to be headed back down as food prices decline: China’s Customs agency said imports increased 23.1% in August from a year earlier, slowing...
From AFP: China’s trade surplus is likely to shrink in 2008 for the first time in five years, with a rising local currency and the US economy’s slowdown two of the prime reasons, the government said on Thursday....
From AFP: China’s trade surplus shrank more than 10 percent in the first quarter of 2008 as the Chinese export juggernaut felt the heat of a weaker US economy and a stronger yuan, official data showed Friday. Higher labour...
From The Los Angeles Times: Despite a series of product recalls that tarnished the “Made in China” label, China’s global trade surplus jumped 47% in 2007 from the previous year to a record $262 billion, the government reported today. But exports grew at a slower pace last month, an indication of weakening demand tied to […]
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