No joy for Chinese bulls

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Goldman chats to local Chinese investors. They are not happy, Xi.

I pretty much share their view. This is a very easy growth target to hit thanks to weak base effects. Consumption of services is the driver and it will add little to net global demand.


After the stronger than-expected Q1 GDP print, we talked with our local clients in Beijing and summarize their latest views on the economy and policies. These clients range from asset managers in insurance companies and mutual funds, to private equity funds.

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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.