China
Office rents continue to surge across Asia Pac
Office rents continue to surge across Asia Pac
And you'll never guess which Asian cities are leading the rent increase.
RMB not significantly overvalued: IMF
It’s official, Obama can back off as the IMF says China is not significantly manipulating its currency.
Tightening bites: China’s Flash Manufacturing PMI drops to 48.9 in July
This is the first time flash PMI fell below 50 in a year.
Chinese venture capital investments ‘roar back’ from economic crisis
The investments in China reached $5.4 billion in 2010, a 79% increase over 2009.
China's strong GDP pushes metal prices higher
Zinc becomes the star performer, surging 13.3% in June.
Chinese consumers to become biggest luxury spenders by 2012
Luxury tax amounted to RMB1.2trn in 2010.
China’s local government debt amounts to a whopping $1.5-2.1trn
$300-450bn worth of local government investment vehicle loans are already in trouble.
China set to be the largest driver of oil prices in a decade
The correlation between China's industrial growth and the WTI oil price has increased from 0.45 in May 2001-2006 to 0.65 in May 2006-2011.
China’s GDP robust at 9.5% in 2Q11
It was a tad slower than 1Q11’s 9.7%.
Chinese inflation out of control, surges 6.4% in June
This is a substantial acceleration from the reading of 5.5% in May, according to Royal Bank of Scotland.
China’s benchmark deposit rates shoots to 6.56%
Benchmark lending rates have also been raised to 3.5%.
China’s services PMI stable at 54.1 in June
For the second quarter as a whole, Mainland service sector activity is expanding at a faster pace than in Q1 when it averaged 51.9.
Chinese banking crisis: Problem loans to local governments greater than anticipated
The Chinese audit agency could be understating banks' exposures to local governments by as much as RMB 3.5 trillion, says Moody’s VP Yvonne Zhang.
Chinese property sales volume rebounds by 12%
Monthly volumes of flats also slowed down by 30%.
China’s local government debt reached RMB 10.7 trillion in 2010
About RMB 9 trillion, or 84% of the total was explicitly taken on or guaranteed by governments.
Is China headed for a hard landing?
The country’s PMI slipping to 51.6 in May was a major concern among investors, says HSBC.
China meltdown: Will China’s GDP growth drop by more than 30% in 2011?
It is a rare probability event to call, as there have been four such episodes since 1980.
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