While China’s official GDP statistics are remarkably smooth, Fathom’s China Momentum Indicator paints a different picture, showing pronounced slowdown in 2015. Andrew Harris, Laura Eaton and Joanna Davies explore what this meant for China’s economy and how policymakers responded.
Doubling down at the double

Episode is 9:53 minutes long.

Notes from Fathom Consulting referred to in this episode:

https://www.fathom-consulting.com/research-notes/too-close-to-the-state-to-fail/

https://www.fathom-consulting.com/research-notes/china-heading-for-the-slow-lane/

https://www.fathom-consulting.com/research-notes/chinas-hokey-cokey-approach-to-reform/

http://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/2019/06/news-in-charts-china-falling-into-the-same-long-term-rut-as-japan/

https://www.fathom-consulting.com/thank-fathom-friday-leading-questions-chinese-growth/

 

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