I am working on a fairly long entry that I will post this weekend about why a trade rebalancing and a consumption/savings rebalancing will take place in both China and the US whether or not we want it. This week has been crazy, among other reasons because a festival in Taiwan has invited one of [...]
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Posted in Balance of payments, Consumption and production, Exports and imports, Fiscal stimulus • 43 Comments »
Although I am often surprised by how eagerly foreign commentators have embraced the Chinese fiscal stimulus story and see it as a great, shining success, I am happy to say, mercifully, that in China there is a lot more skepticism. There seems to be a serious debate among Chinese policymakers over the stimulus package. The [...]
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Posted in Fiscal stimulus, Labor and unemployment, Money growth, NPLs, Real estate • 44 Comments »
I have wanted to discuss more on the real estate sector for a while even though I have to confess I am far from being an expert on the topic, and this in a market which even the experts find terribly confusing – but cialis in us. What the real estate market is really telling us [...]
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Posted in Balance sheets, Financial crisis, Real estate • 64 Comments »
My blog has been blocked in China. Given all the internet blocking that has happened in the past few months I guess this is not much of a surprise buy generic cialis uk, and I was sort of waiting for it to happen, even while I was hoping that it wouldn’t. I think after a [...]
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