The recent escalation in US-China trade tensions seems to have resulted in an impasse, with both sides looking to the other to initiate deescalation. For now, the Xi-Trump meeting at the APEC summit...

While talk of US retaliation against China’s new export controls has mostly focused on tariffs and other barriers to goods trade, investment restrictions are another weapon in Washington’s arsenal. If...

Bank loan growth continued to weaken in September, with little sign of any boost from the consumer loan subsidy scheme. And growth in government bond issuance slowed for a second month, driving a...

Core CPI inflation edged up to a multi-year high last month and PPI deflation eased. But this largely reflects temporary factors and base effects, rather than the impact of the “anti-involution"...