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Tug of War in China: Air, Water Quality vs. GDP Growth

Posted: April 1, 2013 at 6:50 am

Reuters points out that there are probably no short-term solutions to the huge amount of water and air pollution in China, and that the trouble will get even worse. While ...
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China Retains Sovereign Credit Ratings, Outlook Stable

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 6:51 am

At least one very large nation has managed to keep its credit rating at current levels. S&P released a report that affirmed the AA- long-term and A-1+ short-term sovereign credit ...
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Goldman Sachs Weighs In on China’s Economic Future

Posted: September 28, 2012 at 6:34 am

Experts continue to weigh in on what will happen to China's gross domestic product as the world's economic expansion slows, or even moves into reverse. The most recent opinion from ...
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Hang Seng Down 3% as Contagion Spreads to China

Posted: July 23, 2012 at 6:26 am

Economic contagion has spread to China, as the markets there signal deep concern. The Hang Seng fell 3% overnight as the reality that Europe will undermine growth in the People’s Republic set ...
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Ten Ways You’ll Know The Recession Is Over

Posted: July 20, 2012 at 6:29 am

When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still ...
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China PMI — One Month Is Not a Trend

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 6:37 am

China’s central government statistics agency said the country’s purchasing managers index rose to 53.3 from a reading of 53.1 in March. The figure could signal an expansion, but only an extremely ...
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Oil Races Down Toward $100 a Barrel

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 6:26 am

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude has begun to teeter down toward $100, after nearly three months above that level. With it the price of gasoline and anxiety about ...
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China Economy And Stocks

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 6:16 am

Worries about a slowing in China’s GDP and the impact it will have on the earnings of big companies based there have begun to hammer the stock market. The Shanghai Composite suddenly fell ...
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China’s Impressive GDP Growth

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:45 am

Most of the press coverage and initial comments about China’s fourth-quarter GDP improvement of 8.9% centered on the fact that the expansion represented a two-and-a-half year low. Somehow, that caused concern ...
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Media Digest (10/19/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 6:20 am

Moody’s downgrade of Spain puts more pressure on the EU to address its sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) Several large shareholders may fight to oust part of the News Corp. (NYSE: ...
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As China Rebounds, Who Buys Its Goods?

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 6:34 am

China’s government released PMI numbers for August. The official index number was 50.9, up from an unusually modest 50.7 in July. The question the figure begs is where the manufactured ...
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China Manufacturing Dips For Now

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:13 am

China's purchasing manufactures index contracted in July for the first time since mid-2010 when the recession was hardly over. HSBC, which publishes in index, reported that a reading of 48.9 ...
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What Does A Chinese Recession Look Like?

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 6:34 am

A recession in the U.S. is present when GDP turns negative. That may not be the case in China. The People's Republic needs much more rapid growth to support its ...
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Media Digest (4/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 4:08 am

A  report  from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations accuses Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) of selling weak financial securities and betting against the interests of its clients. (Reuters) Glencore ...
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The 10 Companies That Will Save The American Economy

Posted: March 25, 2011 at 4:31 am

America lost its lead as the world’s top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China’s Gross Domestic Product will pass America’s sometime before ...
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