China Macroeconomics & Academia

Christopher Balding

Macroeconomics

With Chinese manufacturing showing signs of improvements post-Chinese New Year, it could be said that the country’s economy is regaining its strength.  China owes much of this stabilization to rapid growth in debt levels, investment, and declining outflows from tightened capital controls. Conversely, this implies it appears to be falling back on old drivers to keep growth high. Manufacturing is regaining some momentum due to increased exports and price increases in heavy industry like steel…

With Chinese manufacturing showing signs of improvements post-Chinese New Year, it could be said that the country’s economy is regaining its strength.  China owes much of this stabilization to rapid growth in debt levels, investment, and declining outflows from tightened capital controls. Conversely, this implies it appears to be falling back on old drivers to keep growth high. Manufacturing is regaining some momentum due to increased exports and price increases in heavy industry like steel…

Despite all the focus on Chinese financial markets and the accompanying imbalances, there are questions about how exactly to trade China right now.  Many have used the China blowing up thesis trying to replicate the Big Short.  This seems like a risky trade with a potentially very lengthy wait. There are other obvious trades in the interim that seem to have significantly positive risk adjusted return potential.  The trade today builds on one of the most widely recognized imbalances but creates…

Despite all the focus on Chinese financial markets and the accompanying imbalances, there are questions about how exactly to trade China right now.  Many have used the China blowing up thesis trying to replicate the Big Short.  This seems like a risky trade with a potentially very lengthy wait. There are other obvious trades in the interim that seem to have significantly positive risk adjusted return potential.  The trade today builds on one of the most widely recognized imbalances but creates…

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Rajan Govil

Co-founder & Managing Director

Marketnomix 

Progressively weaker data from China is likely to increase expectations of further depreciation of the RMB, while a continued decline in FX reserves and resulting lower liquidity in the system will add to further stress in the economy.China’s data releases of late have broadly continued to trend lower, with slower growth not just seen in industrial production, but also in loan growth as well as fixed asset investment. It is the renewed slowdown in these two data releases after a period of…

Progressively weaker data from China is likely to increase expectations of further depreciation of the RMB, while a continued decline in FX reserves and resulting lower liquidity in the system will add to further stress in the economy.China’s data releases of late have broadly continued to trend lower, with slower growth not just seen in industrial production, but also in loan growth as well as fixed asset investment. It is the renewed slowdown in these two data releases after a period of…

China: Renewed Concerns About Extent of Slowdown

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Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

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Mixed monetary stance adopted by the central banks; dry bulk shipping stage a comeback• China’s thrust is on credit expansion, but growth remains sluggish• Investors’ interest reignited in dry bulk stocks amid the rally in Baltic indices• Gas shipping stocks getting back on investors’ radar; Gaslog emerges as the top performer• Amid container industry realignment, price performance a mixed bag• Correction in tanker stock valuations inevitable as freight rates to soften further • Well-ingrained dampeners surprise with growth for ports

Mixed monetary stance adopted by the central banks; dry bulk shipping stage a comeback• China’s thrust is on credit expansion, but growth remains sluggish• Investors’ interest reignited in dry bulk stocks amid the rally in Baltic indices• Gas shipping stocks getting back on investors’ radar; Gaslog emerges as the top performer• Amid container industry realignment, price performance a mixed bag• Correction in tanker stock valuations inevitable as freight rates to soften further • Well-ingrained dampeners surprise with growth for ports

Lots of ink or ones and zeros in today’s world about the explosion of credit propping up the Chinese economy.  So much so that I really will not rehash this plot of land.  I think what is interesting, and really most worrying, is how little impact the credit explosion has had on real economic activity.The current credit explosion we are witnessing in China is bigger in absolute term than some of the post-GFC pops in credit and by some relative measures even bigger in relative terms.  Only the…

Lots of ink or ones and zeros in today’s world about the explosion of credit propping up the Chinese economy.  So much so that I really will not rehash this plot of land.  I think what is interesting, and really most worrying, is how little impact the credit explosion has had on real economic activity.The current credit explosion we are witnessing in China is bigger in absolute term than some of the post-GFC pops in credit and by some relative measures even bigger in relative terms.  Only the…

What Is Really Worrying About the Chinese Credit Bubble

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DMER Equity Insights - May 2016

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What Is Really Worrying About the Chinese Credit Bubble

Lots of ink or ones and zeros in today’s world about the explosion of credit propping up the Chinese economy. So much so that I really will not...

Christopher Balding

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