Li gets what Li likesBY BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013 9:45AMNothing happens in China unless the Politburo wants it happening. |
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Got it Ben. People fall into two camps
1) People rejoice that monetary policy is in place until everything is hunk dorey, or
2) People shite themselves every time the economy shows signs of standing on its own because someone says something about the fed unwinding their stimulus and they fear the Fed get the timing wrong and once the training wheels are taken off the economy will retreat again.
There will always be conjecture and worry about the timing of the fed exit. One persons definition of hunky dorey is not anothers.