Keith Bradsher
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What Retail Sales and Other Data Say About China’s Economy
Consumers are spending a little more, but apartment prices and the pace of construction keep falling.
People’s Bank of China Cuts Reserve Requirement to Spur Bank Lending
The People’s Bank of China will allow commercial banks to hold less money in reserve, but businesses and households have been cautious about borrowing.
China Is Flooding the World With Car Exports
Even as China’s other exports falter, its carmakers are seeing big increases in overseas sales, mainly for gasoline-powered models.
China’s Exports Fall for Fourth Straight Month
New data on trade showed continuing declines in both overseas sales and imports, signs of China’s economic struggles.
How China Made Its Housing Crisis Worse
Years of inattention to building an adequate safety net for seniors, the jobless and others in financial stress have left Chinese consumers afraid to spend.
China’s Property Crisis: Why It’s So Hard for Beijing to Fix
Beijing has often addressed economic troubles by boosting spending on infrastructure and real estate, but now heavy debt loads make that a hard playbook to...
China Central Bank Cuts Key Interest Rate on Bank Lending
The action by the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, the latest in a series of steps to try to spur lending, was more...
Deflation Becomes a Threat to China’s Economy
A deepening slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy has now raised fears of deflation, which could be crippling for heavily indebted China.
Anger in China Over Flooding of Towns, in Part, to Save Beijing
A provincial leader set off an outcry by urging cities to serve as a “moat” for the capital, as diverted floodwaters sent scores of residents...
China Details Plans to Stimulate Consumer Spending
The central government listed measures aimed at prodding people to open up their wallets, but absent was how much it will spend to support the...