2022 is set to be yet another trying year for China’s economy.
China set the global pace for post-pandemic (can we even call it that?!) economic growth in 2021, but growth has slowed rapidly since mid-year and looks set to further deteriorate in the first half of 2022, before supportive policies...
On Monday, we told you that China has announced a new tariff of up to 43.5% on imports of American propionic acid. An astute subscriber asked us to dig deeper: Of the tens of thousands of different products China imports… Read More »
The most important upcoming developments for policy and politics in China over the next month key developments politics Xi Jinping symposium with provincial leaders (coming month) econ and finance Quarterly Politburo meeting on the economy (end-April) foreign affairs Xi Jinping’s… Read More »
To read this note as a PDF click here. Exec sum: Household consumption and confidence in China remain fragile, in part because of the weak labor market. This makes getting an accurate read on China’s employment situation an especially pressing… Read More »
30 Dec 2021