china economy

Monday's data releases will be key for commodity currencies, with a particular focus on China. There has been some doubt recently that the world's second largest economy can power through the effects of tariffs. Which is crucial for…
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China will release a bit of economic data on Sunday that could be crucial to understand the country's policies which have an impact on major commodity currencies. The iron ore market that is crucial for Australia has seen fluctuations…
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China takes center stage for currency markets this week, and not just because of the doubling of tariffs that went into effect on Tuesday. China's legislature holds a key meeting through the course of the week, and is expected to make some…
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China's economy is being pulled in opposite directions by two powerful forces. Which will prevail is crucial for how currencies that rely on the Asian giant will go. Over the last couple of weeks, markets have become increasingly worried…
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Last midnight on the night of Feb 4, 2025, a 10% “blanket” tariff on Chinese goods went into effect, escalating the ongoing China trade war. It was followed just minutes later by a series of targeted measures against the US. Those…
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On Friday, China will be the first major economy to report its China Q4 GDP data for the last quarter of 2024. There will likely be a lot of attention on the data, not just because it's the world's second-largest economy, but might…
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Earlier this week, US President Elect Donald Trump threatened to apply tariffs to both Mexico and Canada if those countries didn't take more action to curb illegal migration and drugs. The two affected dollars and the peso reacted as…
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Traditionally, PMI reports at the start of the month tend to move the market around risk appetite. But there is likely to be a renewed focus on China's double readings later this week. That's because it's the first leading indicator to…
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Chinese Q2 GDP and Communist Party Third Plenum The week of July 15 will start with a major focus on China. Given the size of the country and the magnitude of what's going on, it will likely have global repercussions. Traders are used to…
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The China stock market has lost over $7 trillion in value in the last year, a shocking amount even for the second largest economy in the world. It's widely understood that if the stock market is falling, the underlying economy is in…
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