NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW Yuan flashes warning signs amid slowing economy and widening trade war William Pesek August 03, 2018 The 2008 “Lehman shock” is finally catching up with China. Beijing beat the odds for a decade, with the Chinese economy growing at above 6.5% year after year. It managed that feat with an epic explosion
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Column by William Pesek Sunday, 05 August, 2018 Abenomics just had a great week. That’s the spin from boosters as Tokyo reclaims the mantle of Asia’s stock-market leadership from China. Japan never quite got over China surpassing its gross domestic product in 2011. China overtaking Japan’s stock market capitalisation in 2014 was yet another blow
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW The Bank of Japan just admitted defeat With monetary policy failing, Kuroda should switch target from consumer prices to wages William Pesek August 02, 2018 The Bank of Japan did nothing on Tuesday. That, at least, is the considered view of the financial intelligentsia, which had been bracing for policy fireworks. It
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW Beijing is deploying weapons the US did not anticipate July 27, 2018 William Pesek “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So claims Donald Trump. Interesting, then, to look at how China’s Xi Jinping is proving the U.S. president wrong on both accounts. Trump’s description of trade wars as “good” is given
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