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Short Insight: China – Wanted: trade deal and more stimulus

PublicationMacro economy
14 November 2019, 1:00 am

Hard data disappoint in October, remaining very volatile.China also needs trade deal, next to more targeted stimulus, to stabilise growth.Ongoing weakness foreign trade to large extent driven by US-China conflict.Macro data suggest that China has an incentive to end the tariff tit-for-tat too.

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Arjen van Dijkhuizen

Arjen van Dijkhuizen

Senior Economist

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