China Growth

Metals Frenzy Sparks China Investor Rush to Smokestack Debt

EghtesadOnline: China’s so-called old-economy companies are enjoying a renaissance in the debt market, bouncing back from a beating on Beijing’s quest to modernize growth.

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Publish Date:22/August/2017 | 05:50

Chinese growth prospects improved, policy still prudent: PBOC's Zhou

EghtesadOnline: Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said growth prospects have improved in the world's second-largest economy, but its monetary policy remains prudent and neutral.

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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 16:12

Alibaba’s Million-Job Boast Reflects Slower China Growth Outlook

EghtesadOnline: Jack Ma talked the talk when he met Donald Trump this month, promising to create a million jobs in the U.S. by linking small businesses with Chinese online buyers. Now Michael Evans has to walk the walk.

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Publish Date:23/January/2017 | 04:58

China should set more flexible GDP growth target in 2017: central bank adviser

EghtesadOnline: China should set a more flexible economic growth target this year to create more room for reforms, a central bank adviser told the official Xinhua news agency, suggesting a range of 6.0 to 7.0 percent versus 6.5 to 7.0 percent in 2016.

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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 17:23

China Banking Distress a Reflection of Slow Growth

EghtesadOnline: For the past four years, analysts at Fitch Ratings and Wall Street banks have shared a consensus: a credit crisis will break out in China at any time.

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Publish Date:08/September/2016 | 11:10

Eight Ways Xi Jinping Thought Could Change China's Economy

EghtesadOnline: By adding “Xi Jinping Thought” to its constitution, the Communist Party of China has signaled that it will put environmental protection and other quality-of-life issues on more equal footing with its historical emphasis on growth.

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Publish Date:25/October/2017 | 13:01

China's economy seen growing 6.8 percent in 2017 and 6.4 percent in 2018: Reuters poll

EghtesadOnline: China’s economy will likely grow 6.8 percent in 2017, topping the state target and accelerating for the first time in seven years, a Reuters poll showed, as Beijing walks a tightrope by containing debt and property risks without stunting economic growth.

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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 06:23

Early China Data Show Diverging Views, Stable Growth Outlook

EghtesadOnline: The earliest gauges of how China’s economy has fared this month show diverging sentiment among businesses, though the outlook is underpinned by expectations that the expansion will remain broadly steady.

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Publish Date:28/August/2017 | 05:10

IMF keeps global growth forecasts; China, eurozone revised higher

EghtesadOnline: The International Monetary Fund on Monday kept its growth forecasts for the world economy unchanged for this year and next, although it slightly revised up growth expectations for the eurozone and China.

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Publish Date:24/July/2017 | 05:07

China factories recover in June, growth fastest in three months - Caixin PMI

EghtesadOnline: China's manufacturing engine cranked back into growth mode in June, expanding at the fastest pace in three months after unexpectedly contracting in May, as new orders and production rose in a sign of a modest recovery, a private survey showed on Monday.

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Publish Date:03/July/2017 | 04:46

Moody's downgrades China, warns of fading financial strength as debt climbs

EghtesadOnline: Moody's Investors Service downgraded China's credit ratings on Wednesday, saying it expects the financial strength of the world's second-biggest economy will erode in coming years as growth slows and debt continues to rise.

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Publish Date:24/May/2017 | 05:07

Manufacturing and retail recovery drives China's solid Q1 growth

EghtesadOnline: A recovery in China's industrial sector, which accounts for about one-third of the economy, drove China's better-than-expected first quarter economic growth as export orders picked up and steel output hit a record.

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Publish Date:18/April/2017 | 06:20

China Sets Growth Target of About 6.5% Amid Pledges to Ease Risk

EghtesadOnline: China set a 2017 growth target of "around 6.5 percent, or higher if possible" as focus shifts to easing risk and ensuring stability before a twice-a-decade leadership transition this year.

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Publish Date:05/March/2017 | 05:18

China policymakers pledge stability for 'complex' year ahead

EghtesadOnline: China's economy is on a steady growth path as 2016 ends, supported by a housing boom and billions in government investment, but the mood of policymakers is more cautious than celebratory as they face "complexity" in the new year.

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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 05:40

China should target 6.5 percent economic growth in 2017: think tank

EghtesadOnline: China should set an economic growth target of around 6.5 percent for 2017, although it is very likely that it will be able to exceed that level, the State Information Center said on Monday.

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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 05:28

China Premier Li says economy to maintain steady growth

EghtesadOnline: China will maintain steady growth and speed up economic transformation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday, adding that the world's No. 2 economy would be able to overcome current challenges, official news agency Xinhua reported.

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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 05:10