China’s government has launched a new “Special Action Plan” to support consumption. Talk of prioritising consumption is encouraging on paper. But the leadership has been talking about this since a Politburo meeting in July. The latest plan doesn’t include any major new measures or suggest that there has been any shift in the underlying priority given to boosting China’s supply potential. Without one, overcapacity and deflationary pressure will continue.
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