Cazenove's Mui: Real impact of China's slowing economy

Trade tensions with US dragging growth

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China's economy is growing at its slowest pace in more than a decade, causing anxiety across financial markets and raising fresh questions about its ongoing trade disputes with the US.

The country's economic growth - as measured in Q2 2019 - slowed to 6.2% year-on-year. While this number may seem large in the context of developed economies, for China it represents the lowest recorded growth rate since the 1990s. From a structural perspective, the slowdown is not unexpected. It is part of a longer-term trend as China's economy transitions from being investment-driven to consumption-driven. Matthews Asia's Kong: Currency moves, global growth and policy changes That said, the latest data suggests trade tensions have been a drag. The slowdown was driven mostly by ...

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