For over a decade, we have tracked the performance of China’s economy independently from the official GDP figures using our China Activity Proxy (CAP). We are now introducing a revamped version of this popular indicator. In this Focus, we discuss why an alternative measure of economic growth in China is needed, how the new CAP improves on the original model and the advantages it has over official GDP.
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