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Via Capital Economics:
Net capital outflows from China edged up in July, but this was due to seasonal factors. Adjusting for these, outflows actually eased last month to a five-month low, helped by more rapid foreign investment into the country. Looking ahead, while outflows are likely to persist, we think they will remain manageable.
China’s balance of payments (BOP) — the most comprehensive source of data on capital flows — shows outflows of $47bn in Q2, similar to that in the first quarter ($45bn). A detailed breakdown will only be published next month and we will have to wait until November for preliminary figures for this quarter.
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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.