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2009-09-18 China-Japan-Koreas

China's Economy Roars Back, Leaving the US in the Dust

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Posted by tipper 2009-09-18 19:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Where is the demand from? Not US or Europe. Internal demand? Possibly.

All though to a large extent it's probably a credit bubble.

China banks issued 162 million new credit cards in the first 6 months of this year.

Posted by phil_b 2009-09-18 20:01|| 2009-09-18 20:01|| Front Page Top

#2 uh huh - transparency in China's economic house of cards....right

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-18 20:09|| 2009-09-18 20:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Recluse communist governments can always be trusted to mislead the public.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-09-18 22:36|| 2009-09-18 22:36|| Front Page Top

#4 WMF > PRINCETON UNIV PROF PERT > iff China decides to sell or otherwise dump its emburdened US T-bills, etc. IT WILL CAUSE SUDDEN AND MASSIVE US BANK + FINANCIAL SECTOR FAILURES, + DESTROY THE US$7.0TRILYUHN US REAL ESTATE MARKET, wid devastating ripple/domino effects across US-World???

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-09-18 23:23|| na]">[na] 2009-09-18 23:23|| Front Page Top

#5 China wouldn't get off scott free, JosephM. Those T-bills, etc are about the solidest thing their economy has. Almost all the manufacturing is connected to the export market, which is pretty shaky at the moment.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-09-18 23:57|| 2009-09-18 23:57|| Front Page Top

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