Category: China
Why has China’s current account surplus shrunk?
In 2018 the decrease in China’s current account surplus was one of the highest. Are cyclical or structural factors at play? What are the implications for the “global savings glut”?
China and Hong Kong
How severe is China’s slowdown? Michael Spence opines on the Hong Kong protests.
European views on the US-China trade dispute
How do Europeans view the trade dispute between US and China? Is there a role for Europe to play?
China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Interesting research on the type of Chinese foreign acquisitions.
The US-China trade dispute
Gros, Summers and Cochrane on what really is driving the recent US-China trade dispute.
China’s economic prospects
New research suggests that Chinese growth over the next 20 years will probably be half of what it has been until now.
The evolving Chinese economy
In 2017 consumer expenditures contributed 58.8 % of GDP growth. Monetary policy transmission is becoming similar to that in advanced economies but will the “machine age” turn China’s large population into a handicap?
