China Rapid Response China PMIs (Nov. 2025) The PMIs suggest that construction activity recovered somewhat, probably due to an easing of weather-related disruptions. But the surveys point to a continued loss of momentum in the wider economy... 1st December 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Activity & Spending (Oct. 2025) The collapse in investment spending continued last month, though we still think it is likely to partially reverse before long. More worrying is that output-side measures of activity, which had held up... 14th November 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Bank Lending & Broad Credit (Oct.) Bank loan growth continued to weaken in October, with the consumer loan subsidy scheme failing to put a floor under household loan growth. Alongside the continued slowdown in government bond issuance... 13th November 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Merchandise Trade (Oct. 2025) Headline export growth slowed sharply last month. US tariffs remained a drag, but the latest slowdown was led by shipments to other markets, suggesting that the renminbi's recent trade-weighted... 7th November 2025 · 3 mins read
China Rapid Response Hong Kong GDP (Q3 Preliminary) Hong Kong’s GDP growth delivered a strong upside surprise in Q3, picking up to 3.8% y/y, from 3.1% y/y in Q2 (the Bloomberg median was +2.9% and our forecast was +3.3 %). While that partly reflects a... 31st October 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China PMIs (Oct. 2025) The drop in the RatingDog services PMI provides further evidence that China’s economy lost some momentum last month, with slower growth across manufacturing, services and construction. Some of this... 31st October 2025 (Updated 3rd November 2025) · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China GDP (Q3) & Activity (Sep. 2025) Headline GDP growth fell to its lowest in a year last quarter. But we think the figures still overstate the pace of economic expansion by at least 1.0%-pts. The September activity data were mixed –... 20th October 2025 · 3 mins read
China Rapid Response China Bank Lending & Broad Credit (Sep.) 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... 15th October 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Consumer & Producer Prices (Sep. 2025) 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"... 15th October 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Merchandise Trade (Sep. 2025) Exports held up last month, with headline y/y growth rising to a six-month high and shipments also picking up on a seasonally adjusted basis. While this resilience underscores the ability of Chinese... 13th October 2025 · 3 mins read
China Rapid Response China PMIs (Sep. 2025) The PMIs suggest that China’s economy accelerated this month, partly due to resilient exports. But with fiscal easing set to provide less of a prop over the coming months, we are sceptical that... 30th September 2025 · 2 mins read
Global Economics Rapid Response US Tariff Announcement The announcement by President Trump that, starting October 1st, the US will impose 100% tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products and a 25% tariff on imports of heavy trucks is not quite as big a... 26th September 2025 · 3 mins read
China Rapid Response China Activity & Spending (Aug. 2025) The activity data point to a further loss of momentum last month. While some of this reflects temporary weather-related disruptions, underlying growth is clearly sliding, raising pressure on... 15th September 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Bank Lending & Broad Credit (Aug.) Weak private credit demand drove a further weakening of bank loan growth in August. And growth in government bond issuance slowed for the first time this year, resulting in a slowdown in broad credit... 12th September 2025 · 2 mins read
China Rapid Response China Consumer & Producer Prices (Aug. 2025) Headline CPI inflation slipped back into negative territory last month, but this just reflects volatile food prices. Underlying inflation has actually ticked up lately. This is mostly due to temporary... 10th September 2025 · 3 mins read
China Rapid Response China Merchandise Trade (Aug. 2025) Exports were broadly unchanged last month – the slowdown in headline y/y growth was just a base effect. But with the temporary boost from the US-China trade truce fading and the US raising tariffs on... 8th September 2025 · 2 mins read
