Analysis: IMF warning on China puts 'Japanization' risk in spotlight
Hiroshi Wanatabe, Japan's former top currency diplomat, recalls how Chinese policymakers eagerly studied ways to avert a Japan-style burst of an asset bubble that led to prolonged deflation and economic stagnation - until around 2015.
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China really pulled off a soft landing tbh
Somehow consumer demand is rising again despite the liquidity crunch
Is that really weird? We live in a world of weakened impulse control. People consume to fill the void inside of them.
The growth rate is still lower than the pre-COVID years...
It's a soft landing, not a soft takeoff
China had like 33% growth in exports in a single year during the pandemic. They had to normalize eventually.