Sunday, January 16, 2011

Concern`s About China`s Economy Are Now Starting To Surface

Mark Hart of Corriente Advisors has started a fund based on the belief that China is an 'enormous tail-risk'. Photo: ALAMY

Hedge Funds Bet China Is A Bubble Close To Bursting -- The Telegraph

The world is looking to China as a springboard out of recession - but some hedge funds are betting the country's credit and growth levels cannot be sustained.


For his first-ever speech as Britain’s new Minister of Trade & Industry last week, Lord Green faced a formidable audience of 400 Chinese and British business delegates.

The former chairman of HSBC declared that China’s economic growth figures over the past five years represented an “extraordinary historic event”.

Green didn’t need to go over Britain’s experience during the same period for most to agree that plugging into China’s blistering growth - predicted by the IMF to be 10.5pc this year - was of “vital importance” to the UK.

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More News On Concerns Over China`s Economy

China's economy grew 10.1 pct in 2010: official
-- Reuters
China's Money-Printing Addiction Could Spell Disaster -- Business Insider
China reserve requirements raised to tame inflation -- Strait Times
China raises RRR for banks for seventh time to curb inflation -- Economic Times
China should be cautious of inflation, excess liquidity: economist -- Xinhuanet
On the Size of China’s Economy, a Dissenter -- New York Times
Understanding China’s Economy -- Yukon Huang, Carnegie Endowment
China’s Economy: Action vs Rhetoric -- Yukon Huang, The Diplomat
There is no need to fear the China syndrome -- Merryn Somerset Webb, Financial Times

My Comment: It is the Chinese economy that drives much of the global economy right now .... any disruptions will spell suffering and hardships for many countries who are now dependent (for better or worse) on this type of growth.

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