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It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

China's party plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... its plans and businesses, institutions and its citizens simply ask, "do you want fries with that... most honourable politburo sir?" Europe was in a ha ha happy mood too.A Markit's manufacturing activity gauge for the region shows that growth in the region ...

The tale of two PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013

Nothing below seven percent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... Chinese Premier Li Kequiang has just drawn a line on the floor. No he's not about to play hopscotch with the rest of them Politburo guys. Beijing News reported PM Li declaring that China would not allow economic growth to fall below 7.0%. This is no ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... economy to worry about...and boyoboyoboy, it's slowing. The problem is financial markets haven't yet seen the light of the Politburo's ways. Financial markets are spooked that Chinese authorities could/are making a policy mistake. Nope Virginia, what's ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... grew by 7.7%...but we're used to it now. Slowly we'll get accustomed to another downshift...to around 7.0% -- the new Politburo's new target. And it's already in action mode. The politburo is not only going after speculative credit but is also now reportedly ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Goldman I ask, what's wrong with that? That's way better than new PM Li Kequiang's revised growth target of 7.0%! The Politburo is aware of what they're doing. They've already stated several times that they're prepared to sacrifice short-term growth ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... of China, respectively in the middle of March. Is it just me or did anyone else notice that their assumption to the Politburo's top spots coincided with the general slowing in the Chinese economy? Pure coincidence or deliberate? You've heard me say this ...