China Chart Pack China Chart Pack (Nov. 2023) China’s economy is making headway again after stalling during the summer. A step up in policy support looks set to deliver a modest cyclical recovery but trend growth remains under pressure. 28th November 2023 · 1 min read
China Economics Weekly Property rescue efforts intensify Policymakers want banks to lend more to developers, especially private ones. They will be reluctant to do so but are likely to comply to some degree – previous rounds of credit support for developers... 24th November 2023 · 6 mins read
Global Markets Update What’s going on in Asia’s bond and FX markets? We think the yields of long-dated local-currency government bonds in Asia will generally fall further by the end of next year, and that most regional currencies will continue to make ground against... 23rd November 2023 · 5 mins read
Middle East & North Africa Economics Weekly OPEC+ drama ensues, Saudi-China currency swap The surprise delay to the OPEC+ meeting to next week has only added to speculation that the slide in oil prices in recent months and the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas conflict could prompt the group to... 23rd November 2023 · 7 mins read
Event Asia Drop-In: Japanese rates at 2%? China’s economic outlook, RBI preview and more 1701331200 Our latest monthly Drop-In on the big macro and market stories in Asia will focus on new analysis making the case for Japanese inflation and the Bank of Japan policy rate both to hit 2% by 2030.
Capital Daily We think the yen and renminbi will extend their gains The fall in US Treasury yields has driven rebounds in the yen and renminbi against the US dollar, and we expect this trend to continue through at least the next year or so. 21st November 2023 · 3 mins read
China Activity Monitor CAP: Growth softened at the start of Q4 Our China Activity Proxy (CAP) shows that the economy was still making headway last month, though it appears to have lost some steam. Downside risks continue to linger, particularly in the property... 20th November 2023 · 3 mins read
China Economics Weekly State taking a bigger role in homebuilding Local governments are stepping up the construction of public housing, providing a partial offset to the downturn in developer homebuilding. One consequence is that the privatization of China’s housing... 17th November 2023 · 5 mins read
Asset Allocation Update The US/China relationship and global financial markets With a lot of pessimism seemingly already priced in to China’s “risky” assets, we suspect any further thawing in US/China relations could give them a boost. But we think their longer-term outlook is... 17th November 2023 · 6 mins read
Capital Daily The prospects for the “China risk premium” A thawing in China/US tensions could, in our view, help “risky” assets in China for a while by reducing the “China risk premium” that seems to have emerged. But we doubt it would fully reverse the... 16th November 2023 · 4 mins read
Global Economics Focus The shape of the fractured world economy in 2024 Our expanded Global Fracturing database allows clients to analyse how geopolitical pressures are reshaping global economic and financial activity. Here, we highlight some of the key findings. 16th November 2023 · 10 mins read
China Rapid Response Activity & Spending (Oct.) Retail sales and industrial output remained resilient at the start of Q4. Fixed investment is still fairly subdued while tentative signs of improvement in the property sector appears to have fizzled... 15th November 2023 · 4 mins read
China Economics Weekly Chinese exporters gain market share by slashing prices Export values have been contracting year-on-year for six months. But that’s almost entirely due to price effects. Export volumes have recently risen to record levels, with broad-based price cuts... 10th November 2023 · 7 mins read
China Rapid Response Consumer & Producer Prices (Oct.) CPI slipped back into deflationary territory last month. This was mostly due to a drop in food inflation. But core inflation declined too, adding to evidence of renewed economic weakness. Nonetheless... 9th November 2023 · 3 mins read
Event Drop-In: That Xi-Biden meet in context – How fracturing is reshaping the global outlook 1700139600 The splintering of the world economy into competing US and China-aligned blocs is dominating the macro and financial and commodities markets outlook.
