Today’s Q4 GDP data confirm the turnaround in China’s economy but they show too that it is reliant on the single engine of investment. Continued policy easing would be needed to prolong the acceleration through 2013 but this seems unlikely to happen. As a result, we believe that GDP growth will end the year slower than it starts.
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