Current concerns about China’s slowdown are more justified than the previous fears of overheating. The government will probably loosen policy towards the end of the year, helping to maintain growth at 8% or thereabouts. But this relapse into policy stimulus will also underline that longstanding questions about the drivers of long-term demand growth remain unresolved and that growth over the next few years will be substantially slower than China has been used to.
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