Weak Chinese trade data affirms market jitters

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Chinese trade data for June is out and there’s no joy with a double miss to expectations. Exports fell 3.1% year on year versus a 1% gain expected. Imports fell 0.7% year on year versus a 6% rise expected. The trade surplus came in at 27.12 billion, roughly around the expected figure. The dollar fell half a cent.

China is slowing.

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.