China accelerates away from the quarry

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A few extra charts this morning from the CBA commodities team gives an insight into just how fast the Chinese economy is moving way from Australia.

Net exports are a new support for growth as imports fall back:

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Consumption and investment are still stuck together:

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Fixed asset investment is falling across the board (though infrastructure has been rising):

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The Li Keqiang index is looking sick:

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Power production is galloping away from thermal coal:

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And growth in residential floor space under construction is fading fast:

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As starts ease:

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On every front the Chinese economy is accelerating away from its southernmost quarry and this is before rebalancing even gets properly going.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.