Sunday, June 9, 2013

China. I hate to say I told you so, but....

From Bloomberg.  "China’s trade, inflation and lending data for May all trailed estimates, signaling weaker global and domestic demand that will test the nation’s leaders’ resolve to forgo short-term stimulus for slower, more-sustainable growth.

Industrial production rose a less-than-forecast 9.2 percent from a year earlier and factory-gate prices fell for a 15th month, National Bureau of Statistics data showed today in Beijing. Export gains were at a 10-month low and imports dropped after a crackdown on fake trade invoices while fixed-asset investment growth slowed and new yuan loans declined."

Why would you believe anything unless it comes from a truly independent statistical organisation, and especially when the numbers come from a one party state whose government has explicitly stated that they aim to maintain power for all eternity.

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