china economy

The last week of April is setting up to start off with a bang! Recent press speculation has pointed to a date being set for Trump and Xi to sign an agreement that would put an end to the nearly year-long trade war. Meanwhile, we are… Read More

Before the European session opens tomorrow, we have some important data from China and Germany. The data could not only add some volatility to the markets but set the tone for the entire day. Central banks are moving to more… Read More

Many traders got to their desks at the start of the week with a pleasant surprise from Chinese data. Not only did the PMIs beat expectations, but they popped back up into expansion territory. This means they successfully ended a… Read More

One of the more anticipated data bits from this weekend is scheduled for release early on Sunday. This will be the official PMI data from China. With so much speculation around potential world economic weakness, the first insight into… Read More

For several months now, there has been press commentary (or perhaps speculation would be a more appropriate description) surrounding China having banned/been in the process of banning coal imports from Australia. This is significant… Read More

In an effort to prop up its sluggish economic growth, the Beijing administration announced a series of measures including tax cuts and infrastructure spending last week. The announcement comes as the world’s second largest economy has been… Read More

The next major data from China to hit the markets is scheduled for Thursday at 02:00 CET (or Wednesday at 20:00 EST) which is the official NBS manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs for January. This could give us some volatility… Read More

China released its official economic growth report on Monday with data showing that for the year 2018, the world’s second-largest economy advanced at a pace of 6.6% on an annualized basis. This represents the slowest growth rate registered… Read More

We previously wrote about the importance of earnings season to the financial markets and how it influences currency moves. Now that earnings season is ramping up for the fourth quarter let's have a look at what major investors are… Read More

The latest consumer and producer prices index data from China continued to show that inflation was falling at a faster than expected pace. The data raised concerns on whether the slowdown was a result due to the tariffs imposed by the… Read More