China’s Economic Slump Continues Despite State Interventions

[GennGreymane]

http://time.com/4033008/china-economy-slump/

Analysts said that economic growth rates could fall to their lowest since the global financial crisis

China’s economic slowdown continued through August, with both factory output and investment growth in the mainland failing to fulfill forecasts. The slump comes despite numerous state interventions to spur growth, including the repeated slashing of interest rates since last November.

Analysts told Reuters that Chinese economic growth in the third quarter — which closes at the end of September — may fall below 7% for the first time since the global financial crisis.

From January through August, the pace of fixed-asset investment growth fell to around 11% — its slowest since 2000, due in part to a chastened property sector. Factory output rose by a disappointing 6.1%.

“The economy is showing no sign of recovery,” Ding Shuang, a Hong Kong–based economist, told Bloomberg. “From the perspective of monetary policy, the government has done what it can, but demand from the real economy needs to pick up to really make use of that.”

Despite the recent slowdown, however, foreign firms remain focused on the Chinese market and unlikely to reduce investment even when facing an unprecedented wave of domestic competition, Wendy Liu, who heads China equity research at Nomura, told the South China Morning Post.

“Foreign businesses can’t ignore the mammoth market that still contributes a big portion of global economic growth,” she said.

[Daelak]

http://time.com/4033008/china-economy-slump/

Private investors and public institutions should invest in the Chinese economy while it is low, look at the returns the Greek debt is giving now. Countries aren't like your checkbook.

[GennGreymane]

I fully agree, but China is also making it less attractive to do so
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freee...-v-stockmarket

[Independent voter]

It's psychological. What makes the American stock market spring back after a crash? Optimism. The day after a crash investors go shopping for bargains, the under valued companies. Buy Apple at half price when you know it will be back at full price by next year? Sure.

This is the Chinese's first crash, many were hurt and are now afraid of the market.

Hitch up your britches and get back in the mix China.

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It's psychological. What makes the American stock market spring back after a crash? Optimism. The day after a crash investors go shopping for bargains, the under valued companies. Buy Apple at half price when you know it will be back at full price by next year? Sure.

This is the Chinese's first crash, many were hurt and are now afraid of the market.

Hitch up your britches and get back in the mix China.

Companies and countries can only be undervalued after a correction when they weren't massively overvalued in the first place.

The vast numbers of unused assets (we are talking about entire empty cities) do not suggest China is undervalued.