“Markets are sounding alarms on China’s economy, but an analyst says Wall Street is missing the big picture”
May 30, 2023
“Financial markets have been raising red flags recently about China’s economy, but an analyst said Wall Street is missing the big picture. Growth in the world’s second largest economy accelerated to 4.5% in the first quarter from 2.9% in the fourth quarter following the relaxation of COVID restrictions late last year.
But more recent data have pointed to slowing growth in retail sales as well as drops in home sales, industrial production and fixed-asset investment…
Earlier this month, the yuan fell past a psychologically important level of 7 per dollar for the first time this year. The price of copper, once expected to see sizable gains due to high demand from Chinese factories, hit a four-month low in mid-May. Meanwhile, shares of luxury brands that are reliant on China’s consumer base, have started tumbling on stagnant activity.
Chinese equity markets were not immune to slowing performance, as the CSI 300 index continued to slip this week. At the end of April, declining hopes for added stimulus brought the Shenzhen and Shanghai indices down by $519 billion in one week alone…”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/markets-sounding-alarms-chinas-economy-203000009.html