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China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
Li gets what Li likes. A day after the executive meeting of China's State Council chaired by Premier Li Keqiang resolved to continue supply-side structural reforms aimed at "reining in excessive production capacity, reducing corporate costs and improving ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... time indications indicate that China is growing sub-7%. Now it's gonna be mandated (again if true). Six point five is Premier Li's new "like" and we all know premier Li gets what premier Li likes. Stay tuned (for confirmation) and oh, also for the Bank ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Bank of China announced over the weekend it will expand a relending trial to nine more cities and provinces, while Premier Li Keqiang said the government will increase fiscal support for shantytown redevelopment". Wonder where all these rational printed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... points, to 3,577.30 - its highest close since mid-May 2008 - with investors still buoyed by weekend comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that the government was fully equipped to support the economy if it continues to struggle. Hong Kong gained 0.91 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... Friday. HONG KONG - Shanghai was the stand-out stock market in the region, extending last week's gains after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the government had enough in its armoury to support the world's number two economy. Shanghai jumped 2.27 per ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... to these speculation. The PBOC must act before the on-going economic slowdown gathers momentum and breaks even below Premier Li's new like - growth of 7.0%. Is China about to QE fire with QE of its own? Actions by other central banks may have left it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... 48.24 points, to close at 18,751.84. China's National People's Congress, the rubber-stamp legislature, opened with Premier Li Keqiang setting a growth target for this year of "approximately seven per cent", which would be the slowest in 25 years. WELLINGTON ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... meeting - or the next. Internationally, Wall Street could finally buckle under the weight of its overvaluation or Chinese Premier Li could maintain the 7.5% growth target - instead of the speculated lowering to 7.0% -- when the parliament meets for its ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... Minister Li Keqiang told us what he likes, in black and white. Writing in Britain's The Times newspaper last June, Premier Li told us: "China's economy needs to grow at a proper rate, expected to be around 7.5 per cent this year. It is slower than the ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... target of 3.5%. This would give the Chinese central bank plenty of scope to ease monetary policy if necessary to achieve Premier Li Keqiang's 7.5% economic growth target. Not that the economy needs it, but just in case. China's GDP has already begun ...