Li Wei News
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China’s fixed-asset investment unexpectedly decelerated last month while industrial output trailed estimates, adding to concerns that the economy will fail to show much of a recovery this quarter.
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China’s deadly bird-flu outbreak is rippling through industries from restaurants to travel, adding economic headwinds after last quarter’s unexpected slowdown.
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China’s longest streak of expansion below 8 percent in at least 20 years is sending a message to suppliers and investors around the world to get used to slower growth in the second-biggest economy.
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China’s stocks rose, paring the benchmark index’s worst first-quarter loss since 2010, as gains by utilities countered declines by health-care companies.
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China’s industrial output had the weakest start to a year since 2009 and lending and retail sales growth slowed, underscoring challenges for a new leadership that wants to narrow the gap between rich and poor.
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China’s official 7.8 percent economic growth for 2012 may have overstated expansion by twice the real rate, and is only now headed for a “legitimate” 8 percent gain, Eaton Corp. Chief Executive Officer Sandy Cutler said.
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China reported a less-than-estimated $13.1 billion trade surplus in May, as surging imports signaled the nation’s demand may support global growth while adding pressure for higher interest rates.
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The People’s Bank of China said it will start short-term liquidity operations as additional tools to manage cash supply, amid efforts by policy makers to promote liberalization of interest rates.
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Li Wei, a Shanghai-based economist with Standard Chartered Plc comments on China’s central bank announcement today that it would cut banks’ reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points. Li commented by e-mail.
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Li Wei, a Shanghai-based economist at Standard Chartered Plc. comments on the widening of the yuan’s trading band by the People’s Bank of China.
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