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Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown

Bloomberg2021-07-14

Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook. Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels. After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...

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·2021-07-14
Cut in RRR says something but at least the central bank is in control
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Lol. China 🇨🇳alz up
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While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145402737,"gmtCreate":1626234371429,"gmtModify":1633928755723,"author":{"id":"3569835460830532","authorId":"3569835460830532","name":"Ericho","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d086ff1ad3af588adeb94f2b94b62418","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3569835460830532","authorIdStr":"3569835460830532"},"htmlText":"👍","listText":"👍","text":"👍","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145402737","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145540218,"gmtCreate":1626232503034,"gmtModify":1631884665148,"author":{"id":"3577771722524346","authorId":"3577771722524346","name":"Shishir","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5bbb5ffb9814e2b46f518ffcbf85ff64","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3577771722524346","authorIdStr":"3577771722524346"},"htmlText":"Lol. China 🇨🇳alz up","listText":"Lol. China 🇨🇳alz up","text":"Lol. China 🇨🇳alz up","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145540218","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145555261,"gmtCreate":1626232280053,"gmtModify":1633928776772,"author":{"id":"4087950524205610","authorId":"4087950524205610","name":"bummlebee","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8fd6cdd11a4120c39834338fc644b302","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4087950524205610","authorIdStr":"4087950524205610"},"htmlText":"Hmm","listText":"Hmm","text":"Hmm","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145555261","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145520843,"gmtCreate":1626231353082,"gmtModify":1631886753001,"author":{"id":"3574896993542341","authorId":"3574896993542341","name":"MeowLing","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/f0bd8f48bb39618a5e687808050fb6bf","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3574896993542341","authorIdStr":"3574896993542341"},"htmlText":"Comment&nbsp;","listText":"Comment&nbsp;","text":"Comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145520843","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5213755,"gmtCreate":1626231721235,"gmtModify":1631886753002,"authorId":3582008717283503,"author":{"id":3582008717283503,"idStr":"3582008717283503","authorId":3582008717283503,"name":"Dazy","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/afb15bdfd792779c336ccb3aca893815","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":145520843,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"👍","text":"👍","html":"👍"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145582452,"gmtCreate":1626230429276,"gmtModify":1633928797686,"author":{"id":"3578810515759756","authorId":"3578810515759756","name":"Sean Wong","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5cc373757497744c5e4cc05294b287a8","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3578810515759756","authorIdStr":"3578810515759756"},"htmlText":"Comment","listText":"Comment","text":"Comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145582452","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5213825,"gmtCreate":1626232155429,"gmtModify":1635229673604,"authorId":3584697624877811,"author":{"id":3584697624877811,"idStr":"3584697624877811","authorId":3584697624877811,"name":"4a909e0e","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":145582452,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"there","text":"there","html":"there"},{"id":5214238,"gmtCreate":1626235186650,"gmtModify":1635229638981,"authorId":3578810515759756,"author":{"id":3578810515759756,"idStr":"3578810515759756","authorId":3578810515759756,"name":"Sean Wong","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5cc373757497744c5e4cc05294b287a8","vip":1,"crmLevel":7,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":145582452,"type":1,"supId":5213825,"prevId":0,"content":"Thanks","text":"Thanks","html":"Thanks"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145580360,"gmtCreate":1626230002450,"gmtModify":1633928800914,"author":{"id":"3563930588845537","authorId":"3563930588845537","name":"leexy","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/99683f45d54760b438ec2c1856261ad3","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3563930588845537","authorIdStr":"3563930588845537"},"htmlText":"Like and comment&nbsp;","listText":"Like and comment&nbsp;","text":"Like and comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145580360","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5213578,"gmtCreate":1626230362976,"gmtModify":1635229694685,"authorId":3557823792637532,"author":{"id":3557823792637532,"idStr":"3557823792637532","authorId":3557823792637532,"name":"ZhiLing","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/40d052b9f7db59b50f72a3cbcbc99234","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":145580360,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"ok","text":"ok","html":"ok"}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":145513234,"gmtCreate":1626229583828,"gmtModify":1633928804683,"author":{"id":"3582248650466523","authorId":"3582248650466523","name":"Victorhc88","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d72a1d9498132424b1eddb4db3c77265","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3582248650466523","authorIdStr":"3582248650466523"},"htmlText":"Like n comment&nbsp;","listText":"Like n comment&nbsp;","text":"Like n comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/145513234","repostId":1128639383,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128639383","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1626228880,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1128639383?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-07-14 10:14","market":"sh","language":"en","title":"Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128639383","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still belo","content":"<ul>\n <li>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.</li>\n <li>Consumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>After China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.</p>\n<p>Debate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.</p>\n<p>As well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.</p>\n<p>Premier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.</p>\n<p>Here are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:</p>\n<p><b>Growth Momentum</b></p>\n<p>The sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1d62de752e140d95a8046bb510544ee1\" tg-width=\"656\" tg-height=\"383\"></p>\n<p>As a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.</p>\n<p>To correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.</p>\n<p><b>Consumption and Re-Balancing</b></p>\n<p>Households arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.</p>\n<p>“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/edcd820eff398f16b1273046db161af1\" tg-width=\"644\" tg-height=\"389\">But even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.</p>\n<p>Unemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.</p>\n<p><b>Investment and Commodities</b></p>\n<p>The state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c061b86bce3452d247d1973772cbb712\" tg-width=\"649\" tg-height=\"386\"></p>\n<p>With base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.</p>\n<p>China sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15ec992bd4872bba86546348d7a913dc\" tg-width=\"650\" tg-height=\"382\"></p>\n<p>Those factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.</p>\n<p><b>Policy Rescue</b></p>\n<p>If the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.</p>\n<p>Analysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.</p>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Watch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nWatch China’s GDP for Signs of Post-Pandemic Slowdown\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-07-14 10:14 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp><strong>Bloomberg</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"399001":"深证成指","399006":"创业板指","000001.SH":"上证指数"},"source_url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/china-gdp-to-be-scrutinized-for-signs-of-post-pandemic-slowdown?srnd=markets-vp","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128639383","content_text":"Looser monetary policy suggests more concern about outlook.\nConsumption is picking up but still below pre-pandemic levels.\n\nAfter China’ssurprisecentral bank support last week, key economic data released on Thursday will be studied for signs the world’s second-largest economy is entering a new post-pandemic phase, where slowing momentum leads to new policy aid.\nDebate is growing over whether China will shift from its gradual monetary andfiscal tightening, which began late last year after a rapid V-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. While the People’s Bank of China has said the cut to the reserve requirement ratio last week was a liquidity operation andnot a sign of a changein policy direction, the sudden and broad move took many by surprise and stoked concerns about the growth outlook.\nAs well as the tapering of policy stimulus, the last quarter saw a range of headwinds to the economy, from surging raw materials prices to chip shortages in the automotive sector and localized virus outbreaksinterrupting exports. The data will show how much those sector specific issues hit overall growth.\nPremier Li Keqiang sounded a cautious note this week,warningthat the nation needs to prepare for cyclical risks and make counter-cyclical adjustments. The government should focus on supporting smaller companies, hesaid, but reiterated that the government shouldn’t adopt flood-like stimulus policies.\nHere are five things to look for in the second-quarter gross domestic product report and June activity data:\nGrowth Momentum\nThe sources that powered China’s recovery -- strong exports, property investment and industrial production -- remained solid in the first half of the year, but showed a moderation from the end of 2020 as developed economies normalized and Beijing tried to limit property speculation.\n\nAs a result economists expect headline GDP growth to slow markedly to 8% in the second quarter from the record 18.3% expansion seen in the first three months of the year. That is largely due to a rising base of comparison from a year ago, when China was already moving past virus lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020. Beijing is likely to look beyond the headline number to determine whether growth is slowing and the economy needs further policy easing.\nTo correct for that distortion, economists can look at official quarter-on-quarter growth, which is forecast to accelerate to 1% from 0.6% in the first quarter. The data is subject to frequent revisions though. The best alternative is to look at average two-year growth from 2019. By thatmeasure, the line for quarter-on-quarter acceleration is anything above 5%.\nConsumption and Re-Balancing\nHouseholds arestill cautiousfollowing the pandemic shock to incomes. Early indicators such astourism spendingsuggested that remained the case in June, but the pace of consumer spending as showed by monthly retail sales has gradually picked up since the beginning of the year. The best gauge of momentum will be the 2-year growth rate, of retail sales, with areadingabove May’s figure of 4.5% seen as an improvement.\n“Near-real-time data show that online sales of some durable goods picked up month-on-month in June, after sharp declines in recent months,” analysts at Pantheon Macroeconomics said in a note. “We think this likely translated into a pick-up for the value of retail sales more generally, after two consecutive months of decline.”\nBut even optimists expect retail growth will remain well below pre-pandemic rates of around 8%. That means the economy is short of “re-balancing” toward one driven by consumer demand.\nUnemployment data for June will show whether a tightening job market could help with that. Still, “China has a very long way to go before we can say that it is meaningfully re-balancing,” said Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University.\nInvestment and Commodities\nThe state of Chinese investment in property, manufacturing and infrastructure drives aglobal industrialand commodity cycle. Beijing tightened financing for property development in the first half of the year, while slow bond sales by local governments meant infrastructure investment was muted. Economists expect the slowing trend to continue, with fixed asset investment seen expanding 12% in the first half of the year, from the 15.4% increase recorded in January to May.\n\nWith base effects also at play, economists will look for a two-year average growth figure above 4.2% for the first half to indicate an acceleration. That could have been driven by year-to-date growth in manufacturing investment, whichturned positivefor the first time in the year to May. A bigger role for manufacturing investment could also mean that growth has become more sustainable.\nChina sawrecord-breakingmonthly production of commodities such as steel in the second quarter as exports and property investment remained strong and prices for industrial goods surged. However, factors such as the global chip shortage and new Covid-19 control measures introduced to combat coronavirus in the industrial heartland of Guangdong in June may have dented production ofautomobilesand some consumer goods.\n\nThose factors mean economists polled by Bloomberg News expect industrial production expanded by 7.9% in June from a year ago, slowing from 8.8% in the previous month. Policy makers seem to have been effective in controlling price surges for now. An upside surprise from production data will give support to the idea thatfactory gate inflationwill be temporary as supply catches up with demand.\nPolicy Rescue\nIf the data suggests a loss of momentum in the second quarter, Beijing is likely to try to avoid further deceleration. There are some tailwinds that could benefit the outlook: the last three months saw China supercharge its vaccine roll-out, administering nearly 1.4 billion shots -- about enough to fully vaccinate half the population, which could boost consumer confidence.\nAnalysts see at least two sources of policy support on the horizon. First, local governments are expected to increase the pace of bond issuance, boosting infrastructure spending. Second, there could bemore roomfor monetary easing: export growth is expected to be strong in the second half relative to pre-pandemic levels, which will support the yuan and give Beijing more policy space to ease, even if that leads to more capital outflows.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":5213516,"gmtCreate":1626229890686,"gmtModify":1635229699236,"authorId":3568200501659310,"author":{"id":3568200501659310,"idStr":"3568200501659310","authorId":3568200501659310,"name":"ckh","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/046085c4c23df63d33eb436617a32ed6","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":145513234,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>ok</u>","text":"<u>ok</u>","html":"<u>ok</u>"}],"langContent":"EN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":97,"commentSize":8,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false}}