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Jim Trippon: News last Thursday that China’s economy slowed for the seventh consecutive month came from the HSBC Markit Purchasing Managers Index Report. The flash reading for May was 48.7 compared to the 49.3 final reading from April. Read more…
Jim Trippon: With the April economic numbers for China (NYSEARCA:FXI) just released, they revived the arguments for the China bears (NYSEARCA:FXP) who believe the economy is in a severe slowdown, still headed for a hard landing. But is this really the case? Read more…
Jim Trippon: China continues to undergo vast changes. One of the areas that is shifting is in its food consumption and production. As the nation continues to enjoy greater affluence, consumers gravitate toward more protein-rich foods, especially pork and chicken. China’s pork production accounts for more than half Read more…
Jim Trippon: It wasn’t one of the top news items recently in the western media, and it didn’t even get a lot of play in the financial media. Yet it’s an item of importance for China watchers and investors, especially, to notice. It’s the announcement that China will attempt to increase its imports further. Many China Read more…
Jim Trippon: At the quarter pole of this year, the Shanghai Composite Index finished an eventful three months which saw the year start out with a bang, only to see the rally in China stocks (NYSEARCA:FXI) briefly run out of steam, as it gave up some of its gains with a whimper. Investors are divided as to what the Read more…
Jim Trippon: China’s (NYSEARCA:FXI) latest preliminary PMI data showed that factory activity continued to slow down for the fifth consecutive month. The numbers confirm that Chinese industrial activity continued to weaken in the face of the slower global economy. Some analysts had expected China’s Read more…
Jim Trippon: There is often talk both within and outside of China about reform. The recent World Bank report, which was commissioned with the cooperation of China, contained blunt words about the necessity for structural economic and societal reforms. Undercurrents from within China have Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: You may have heard that China just posted the biggest trade deficit figures in over a decade . Naturally, this caused the usual suspects who have been waiting – some would say hoping Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: According to Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday, China is only going to grow at 7.5% this year. But this isn’t the bombshell most Western analysts think it is-even though the markets sold off on the day and may continue their temper tantrum later this week. Read more…
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