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China’s Consumers Are in a Yearslong Funk. Will Anything Get Them to Spend?

Countries worldwide are buying more than ever from China, but domestic consumption is lagging and government stimulus efforts aren’t working. By Alexandra Stevenson Reporting from eastern China, ... Read More

China’s economy slows as investment hits record slump

China’s economy is showing fresh signs of slowing, with investment in fixed assets hitting a record low, and factories producing less. The drop in investment, encompassing both private and public ... Read More

China's economy slows as trade war, weak demand highlight structural risks

China's Q3 GDP grows 4.8% vs Q2's 5.2%, in line with forecast September data show weaker retail sales, stronger factory output Property downturn, trade tensions weigh on demand, confidence Investors ... Read More

China’s economy ‘cannot survive’ without American consumers, says financial journalist

Panelists discuss Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent’s recent comments about China, national gas averages and more on ‘Kudlow.’ Social Security, Medicare are "going to be gone," Donald Trump warns ... Read More

If you think Trump’s China deal is the end of the story, you haven’t been paying attention

Financial markets kicked off the week by gleefully cheering the weekend’s headlines that trade talks between the United States and China went smoothly. Just weeks earlier, Trump had threatened to ... Read More

The Trade War Couldn’t Change China’s Economy

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have walked back from the ledge—again. But even as the world’s two superpowers deescalate a trade fight that had threatened to destabilize the global ... Read More

A New Challenge for China’s Economy: ‘Involution’

China is gripped by an insidious problem that is eroding its economy: It is trapped in a cycle of competition so fierce that it is destroying profits, driving a brutal rat race among workers and ... Read More