#ChinaSlowdown

In a week’s time, China is expected to report that its population fell for a second-consecutive year as post-lockdown Covid deaths spiked and low birth rates continued. The data are expected to show that for the first time in more than 60 years, deaths outnumbered births. This has deep...

Ratings agency Moody’s cut its outlook on China’s credit rating to negative on Tuesday, saying the country faces an economic slowdown as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the collapse in its property sector. Moody’s rating reflected growing signs that debt issuance...

We performed a screening of mid-cap ETFs, defined as having Assets Under Management (AUM) between $2 billion and $10 billion – to determine what funds had the largest positive and negative returns on the week, according to data from etfdb.com. Only non-leveraged funds were considered. Winners...

Barclays is forecasting 6.0 percent GDP growth for China in 2016. U.S. equity markets and agricultural commodities have relatively small sensitivity to China’s growth. Barclays determined that copper likely has the most downside associated with China’s slowdown. In a new...