With the visit of President Hu to the United States, Chinese currency misalignment is at the top of the agenda. What is “misalignment”?
Category Archives: China
Beat that growth rate!
Simon World and Daniel Gross are just a wee bit suspicious of the claim that Chinese GDP grew by 18% overnight (which would be 2 x 1028% at an annual rate).
There’s no question that China is experiencing very strong growth. But exactly how much? I doubt that anybody knows for sure.
Only 17 more (oil) shopping days until December 31
Does everybody remember this story from July 3?
China GDP Statistics
More and more people are concluding that those unbelievable China GDP statistics are, well, unbelievable.
Oil prices coming down
Oil prices have been coming down significantly this week. Is that good economic news?
More to the story on Chinese oil demand
As more facts come out about Chinese oil demand, the more fascinating the picture becomes.
New highs for oil
Why did oil prices make new highs this week?
The week in oil markets
The news from China last week could be the first indication of an extremely important
development.
Can anything slake China’s thirst for oil?
If China’s oil demand keeps growing at its current rate, it could produce some real problems. But I see a number of reasons to expect that the growth will slow down significantly.