President Xi Jinping of China is reported to have outlined his top three policy priorities for 2016 to a meeting of the Central Financial Leading Group for 2016 boosting employment,
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund announced yesterday as widely anticipated that the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) will be included as the fifth currency in its Special Drawing Rights
According to wire service reports some “Masters of the Universe” fund managers recently concluded China will have no choice but to massively devalue the RMB in 2016 – by as
The weak trade data out of China over the weekend has re-ignited market concerns over the depth of China’s economic slowdown, which contributed to a sell-off on Monday as the
Public statements coming out of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee meeting have been limited to broad social and economic goals such as
Earlier this morning, the USS Lassen, a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, passed through the disputed 12 nautical mile territorial limit of Subi Reef, one of the artificial
China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in London today at the invitation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II on a four day state visit that will be filled with pomp, circumstance, and
With policymakers and investors around the globe on alert for any signs that could help shed light on the magnitude of the slowdown in China, all eyes will be glued
In spite of broadly weakening manufacturing numbers, a softer global environment, and volatile capital markets, China’s leadership to now has struck a confident note on an end of year bounce
China’s wild equity market has settled into a modicum of (relative) calm after its elliptical run-up through June followed by the violent crashes of July and August. That has been
On Friday, September 18, China’s President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting with senior officials slated to accompany him on his upcoming trip to the United States, now under way. Beijing
China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei and PBoC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan met with US Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew for about an hour on the sidelines of last weekend’s G-20
Premier Li Keqiang recently chaired three high level meetings – special meetings of the State Council and the State Council’s Executive Body – to reassure jittery local officials and outline
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Bill Dudley yesterday morning offered a surprisingly candid assessment of the current state of the Federal Open Market Committee consensus on a first
The 8.5% meltdown last night in China’s Shanghai Composite Index, coming on the heels of an already bloody week was clearly exacerbated by the failure of the Chinese economic leadership
The 8.5% meltdown last night in China’s Shanghai Composite Index, coming on the heels of an already bloody week was clearly exacerbated by the failure of the Chinese economic leadership
Many China economists and analysts knew the renminbi had been strengthening far too much in tandem with the dollar for the good of the fragile Chinese economy, but the People’s
Tomorrow, October 1, will mark the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and along with that national holiday, officials in Hong Kong
