Category: China Economy
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Timing China's Financial Meltdown and Housing Market Crash / Stock-Markets / China Economy
By: Janet_Tavakoli
At an October seminar of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA), carnival economist Niall Ferguson promoted his new book, Civilization: The West and the Rest. He revealed the blindingly obvious as if it were a divine revelation: the U.S. has serious problems. He preached that the U.S. corrupted its six Ferguson-defined "killer apps": competition, science, rule of law, medicine, the consumer society, and a strong work ethic. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, December 05, 2011
Marc Faber Warns China Economy Heading for a Major Slowdown / Economics / China Economy
By: Videos
Marc Faber's big China short. Forget Europe, says Faber, it's China that's in for a major slowdown, with a relatively short appearance on CNBC's Simon Hobbs and the Money In Motion traders.
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
China Returns to Economic Growth Mode with Major Policy Shift / Economics / China Economy
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
The damaging global economic effects that Europe's unfolding debt crisis pose have caused a sharp reversal in China's monetary policy - one that will lead to a greater expansion of the Red Dragon's economy.
The People's Bank of China announced yesterday (Wednesday) that it would lower the percentage of deposits commercial banks must hold in reserve by 50 basis points, effective Dec. 5.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
With Rising Wages, Will China Remain a Manufacturing Hub? / Economics / China Economy
By: Frank_Holmes
Earlier this month, I spent a few days at the CLSA AsiaUSA Forum in San Francisco, which offered a geopolitical and economic intellectual feast for global investors. The research firm gathered a well-rounded cast of engaging speakers that included Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, Pollster extraordinaire Frank Luntz and renowned physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. Here's a photo I snapped during a Q&A session with former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
China Economy Will Collapse By The End Of 2011 / Economics / China Economy
By: Submissions
WealthCycles writes: Casey Research Host: Your original estimate for the collapse of China was by 2011… do you think (that was) relatively close?
Gordon Chang: I think it is very close when you see what is going on right now. -Gordon Chang, Forbes.com
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Jim Chanos on Chinese Economy and If He Will Cover His Short Positions / Economics / China Economy
By: Bloomberg
Billionaire short seller Jim Chanos, founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates Ltd., spoke to Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu this morning about China's banking system and outlook for the Chinese economy and real estate market.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Rising Wages in China Good for Glocals, But Few Jobs Coming Back / Economics / China Economy
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Although some economists have predicted that steeply rising wages in China would bring some jobs back to the United States, the biggest winners will be the large multinational companies operating in China.
Last week the Guangdong province, where many of China's factories are concentrated, announced a 20% increase to the minimum wage. Combined with two earlier hikes in April and July, the total increase over the past 10 months is a startling 42%.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Capitalism and China, Amazing Chaos / Economics / China Economy
By: LewRockwell
Skip Cook writes: It is seven-thirty on a Sunday night. I have just completed the last leg of my trip home from Guilin, China. As I travel across the Arkansas River bridge from the Little Rock airport, headed for the bedroom community of Maumelle, where I live, I notice something conspicuously absent from my drive: Horns; nobody is honking! In China, both in Shanghai and in the smaller city of Guilin, every vehicle has a horn. Every driver is damn proud of their possession and uses it liberally. In fact, I am convinced it is likely the first mechanical device on their vehicle which will wear out.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
How China Drives the Global Economy / Economics / China Economy
By: Frank_Holmes
Unless investors get spooked today during Halloween trading, the S&P 500 Index will post its second-best month since the post-World War II era, according to a report published by GaveKal Research. The last time markets rallied so strongly, Gerald Ford had recently moved into the White House and Muhammad Ali "rumbled in the jungle" with George Foreman.
Friday, October 28, 2011
China Housing Market Crash, Shanghai Homeowners Smash Showroom in Protest of Falling Prices / Housing-Market / China Economy
By: Mike_Shedlock
The property bubble in China has finally burst. Denial has turned to anger as Shanghai Homeowners Smash Showroom in Protest Over Falling Prices
Read full article... Read full article...A group of around 400 homeowners in Shanghai demonstrated publicly and damaged a showroom operated by their property developer after the company said it cut prices. Home buyers had wanted to speak with the developer to refund or cancel their contracts but were unsuccessful, according to local media. One report said the price cuts exceeded 25% per square meter.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
China Continuing Economic Boom or Bursting Bubble? / Economics / China Economy
By: Casey_Research
In a recent article, How China Ate America’s Lunch, Clif Carothers described what China has accomplished in the last thirty years:
In thirty short years, China was able to accelerate her GDP from $216 billion to $6 trillion. She amassed reserve capital of $3 trillion. She reversed America’s fortunes from the greatest creditor nation to the greatest debtor nation. She gutted America’s factories while creating the world’s largest manufacturing base in her own country. A measure of output that highly correlates to GDP is energy consumption. In June of this year, 2011, China surpassed the United States as the largest consumer of energy on the planet. While the US consumes 19% of the world’s energy, China consumes 20.3%.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
China Economy Going Bust: Tic Toc / Economics / China Economy
By: Kel_Kelly
China is in the process of allowing its currency to rise. The reason for this is to address the worsening inflation rates in the country. Allowing the yuan to rise will indeed stop, or slow, inflation, but the way this fix works is not the way that is usually assumed. Neither will the effects of this policy be what most observers assume, i.e., just milder inflation. Instead, it will be an outright economic bust.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
The China Economic Model Is Unsustainable, Just a Redder Version of Keynesianism / Economics / China Economy
By: Douglas_French
While the pols in Europe endlessly consider how they will paper over their financial crisis, "ring fence" Greece and the other PIIGS pass austerity programs, and still get reelected, some speculate that perhaps China will step forward to bail out the eurozone.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
More Signs China Is Going Bust / Economics / China Economy
By: Justice_Litle
While the world fixates on Europe, signs of a China crash are mounting behind the scenes.
Imagine you run a business with 3,000 employees. Your factories churn out 20 million pairs of sunglasses per year -- the best-selling brand in China. You are a celebrated businessman in your region, with expanded interests in real estate and solar energy.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Marc Faber Sectors of China's Economy May Crash / Economics / China Economy
By: Videos
A Chinese economic slowdown is on the horizon, says Marc Faber, with property prices in some cities facing significant decreases.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
China's Economic Growth Won't Last; Chanos on Chinese Property Bubble and Growth / Economics / China Economy
By: Mike_Shedlock
Fund manager Jim Chanos spoke to Bloomberg TV’s Carol Massar about China's economy, debt and real estate market.
Chanos said that growth in China may be zero and that China has “European kind of numbers” when it comes to debt.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Global Imperatives of a Chinese Exporter / Economics / China Economy
By: Ashvin_Pandurangi
Here are the two simple "equations" that all of the incessant rumor-inspired momentum chasers, equity bulls, peripheral EU bond bulls and relentless predictors of an imminent global Asia-backed bailout would do well to memorize:
1) Export Economy = Relatively Weak Currency
2) Chinese Economy = Export Economy
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
China's Biggest Bubble Warning Ever / Economics / China Economy
By: Justice_Litle
When the Japan bubble peaked in the late 1980s, there were major warning signs. The same is happening in China too...
It's the biggest and clearest sign yet: China is a giant bubble waiting to burst.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
China Economic Growth Fears Much Ado About Nothing / Economics / China Economy
By: Frank_Holmes
Markets in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan and Korea are closed this week as people across Asia celebrate Moon Festival, one of the culture’s most beloved holidays along with Chinese New Year. Moon Festival’s origins center around a husband (Houyi) and wife (Chang’e), who were sentenced to live eternally separated on the sun and the moon.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
China's Debt Problems Rival the West / Interest-Rates / China Economy
By: Justice_Litle
Though the focus has been on the U.S. and Europe, China too has debt problems to contend with.
"If you look at the accounting, I don't see how anyone could put a penny there."
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