Fears of a slowing Chinese economy added to the woes of global sharemarkets overnight, as investors fretted that the juggernaut of global economic growth could finally be faltering, writes Karen Maley.
China economy
Maley: a commodities Chinese burn?
Are fears about a looming slow-down in the Chinese economy about to overshadow worries about rising inflation? asks Karen Maley.
Maley: land of the slow-rising yuan
The US has long complained that the yuan is artificially undervalued, giving China’s exporters an unfair cost advantage in world markets, writes Karen Maley.
Gottliebsen: investing in China inflation
The latest fall in global share markets has its genesis in China where at last the central government appears to be taking the foot off the accelerator, writes Robert Gottliebsen, of Business Spectator.
Chinese housemaids, tofu dregs and a building boom
A report states that the housing equivalent of Rome is being built in China every two weeks, writes John Addis, founder of The Intelligent Investor and Crikey director.
Gottliebsen: why Stevens is wary on China
Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has taken an important step in alerting the world to the major changes looming in global finance, writes Robert Gottliebsen, of Business Spectator.
Maley: an inflation clampdown, made in China
The Chinese government has signalled a new approach to combating rapidly rising inflation, writes Karen Maley, of Business Spectator.
Maley: inflection point for the inexpensive
Two relatively recent developments make it likely that we’ve now passed the point where we can expect the prices of manufactured goods to keep falling, writes Karen Maley of Business Spectator.
China and the Matryoshka doll bubble-within-a-bubble
The China bubble is a story that doesn’t look like it’s going away.
Distressed US housing market a danger to the recovery
It is not a surprise that the US housing sector is deeply depressed.
China’s stop-start approach to economic growth
In an effort to counter “bad growth” Beijing often tries to restrain it, then panics and kicks it off again. It’s a rinse, dry and repeat process, writes Michael Pettis.
Could we have a Chinese Jetstar-like competitor?
There are some awesome implications in this morning’s announcement of a new memorandum of agreement between Australia and China on increased flights, being a 50% rise in available seats to China and a possible low-cost regional Chinese airline, reports Ben Sandilands.
Political snippets: Labor needs to act to avoid a hiding
Labor is in for a real public opinion hiding if the global warming debate continues to be about nothing more than who is going to pay how much more for what.
Why China’s overheating economy is leaving the US behind
Interest rates are moving higher in both the United States and China — the big difference of course, is that in China, it’s the central bank that’s raising rates, whereas in the US, inflation worries are writ large in the bond market, writes Karen Maley.
Maley: making up China’s growth
According to the Chinese zodiac, the year of the rabbit is now under way, a time when investors will be hoping to see increased tranquility in share markets, in place of the wild swings of recent years. But there’s upcoming instability in the Chinese economy, writes Karen Maley.
Kohler: the cost of our surplus obsession
The Australian Prime Minister is too worried about the fiscal balance and the US President is not worried enough.
Maley: China’s changing taste for debt
Figures released on the eve of the Chinese presidential visit showed that China was a net seller of US government debt in November, although it still retained its position as the largest foreign creditor to the US., writes Karen Maley.
Maley: a currency peace offering from China
It’s hardly coincidental that the Chinese currency, the yuan, has glided to a record high just days before Chinese President Hu Jintao is due to arrive in Washington, writes Karen Maley, of Business Spectator.
Maley: jumping off the Asia bandwagon
Last year, the share markets in most Asian countries put in stellar performances. The Thai share market, for instance, rose by 50.8%, while the Malaysian share market climbed 32.5% and there’s little sign that inflationary pressures in the Asian economies will abate any time soon, writes Karen Maley.
Australia’s affluenza built on a house of sand
Australia’s economic miracle and recent bout of affluenza is built on a house of sand. Local debt and what appears to be an unsustainable boom in its biggest customer.
Maley: driving China to the edge
China’s enthusiasm for buying up the debt of struggling eurozone countries will be put to the test in the face of accusations that Chinese companies were responsible for alleged bribes paid to senior executives of Renault, writes Karen Maley.
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Selling communism for tourism
Red is far from dead in China. Instead, entrepreneurs in Yan’an are cashing in on the novelty and historical value of communism for tourists, from battle recreations to museums on Mao.
Maley: Nike’s run-away China costs
Australia may be benefiting mightily from surging commodity prices, but we, along with other developed countries, are about to be hit with higher prices for many of our imported consumer goods, writes Karen Maley.
Maley: Asia’s growing Euro angst
Asia might be enjoying booming economic growth, but officials in the region are worried about the potential of the European sovereign debt crisis to trigger a new global financial crisis, writes Karen Maley.
Maley: China’s waning appetite for inflation
You know that something extremely fishy is happening when top Chinese banking authorities start downplaying the risk of inflation, writes Karen Maley.
