China Economics Update Exports also hit by commodity price falls It is widely understood that the value of China’s imports has been pulled down by falling commodity prices. Less well appreciated is that lower commodity prices also explain in large part why China’s... 14th September 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Inflation on the rise Concerns over deflation in China look increasingly misplaced, with consumer priceinflation likely to have hit a one-year high in August and on course to rise further inthe final months of this year. 8th September 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Capital outflows not as large as doom mongers feared Capital outflows from China have picked up since last month’s botched currency reforms but by less than many had feared. Our view, in any case, is that outflows don’t pose as big a threat to China’s... 7th September 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Temporary disruptions are delaying recovery but won’t derail it The Tianjin blast, along with efforts to ensure blue skies in Beijing ahead of this week’s Victory Day parade, will have weighed on industrial activity in August. But the drag from these disruptions... 31st August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Policy missteps cause market waves China’s policymakers have had a dreadful month with a series of market interventions that were both badly conceived and poorly communicated. 31st August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Little chance of a Hong Kong de-pegging Although there has been a surge of speculation in the wake of China’s exchange rate move that Hong Kong could abandon its US dollar peg, we expect the peg to remain in place well into the next decade. 27th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Policymakers put focus on supporting economy, not market With the government’s efforts to prop up equity prices through direct purchases in tatters, policymakers have changed tack with a simultaneous cut to benchmark interest rates and the required reserve... 25th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Panic about China is overblown Investors are over reacting about economic risks in China. The collapse of the equity bubble tells us next to nothing about the state of China’s economy. In fact, recent data have been more positive... 24th August 2015 · 3 mins read
China Economics Update “National Team” strategy looking tarnished Sliding share prices over the course of the past week have exposed the limits of the government’s interventions to support the market. Indeed, in going to such lengths to save the market, the... 21st August 2015 · 3 mins read
China Economics Update RMB set to stabilise as PBOC counters devaluation claims Today’s PBOC press conference supports our view that the fall in the renminbi as a result of the shift to a new reference rate mechanism was a one-off and not an attempt to engineer a large scale... 13th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update China is not declaring a “currency war” A second downward adjustment to the renminbi reference rate today suggests that policymakers are now more willing to give in to market forces than we had previously thought. That said, we still think... 12th August 2015 · 4 mins read
China Economics Update Talk of major policy shift toward RMB devaluation overblown By setting a lower mid-point for the renminbi’s trading band the People’s Bank has sparked speculation that it is embarking on a competitive devaluation of the currency in order to shore up exports... 11th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Imports hint at policy-driven pick-up in demand Yesterday's inflation data suggest domestic price pressures remained broadly stablelast month. Meanwhile, although exports were subdued, policy easing appears to have supported commodity import... 10th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Property market should shrug off equity price falls When equity prices collapsed in 2007, property prices and sales also collapsed. This precedent has led to concerns that the latest stock market rout may spark a sharp fall in property demand. These... 6th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Pork prices boost headline inflation Consumer price inflation is likely to have risen to an 11-month high in July on the back of surging pork prices. Volatility in food inflation aside, the bigger picture is that inflation is set to edge... 5th August 2015 · 1 min read
China Economics Update Cracks appear in government rescue efforts Renewed falls in China’s equity markets at the end of this month underline that investors are focused more than ever on policymakers’ intentions rather than fundamentals. Meanwhile, market interest... 31st July 2015 · 1 min read
