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China: Momentum remains robust – Westpac

Elliot Clarke, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that China’s PMIs  again showed that current momentum remains robust, but two negative trends bear close monitoring.

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“These are abating external demand and continued disappointing employment growth. The deterioration to date is largely as we anticipated and is thus consistent with our sub-consensus view for GDP growth (6.3% and 6.1% in 2018 and 2019). But a further loss of momentum is a risk, particularly given authorities remain focused on the long-term ‘quality’ of growth and are therefore unlikely to spur current momentum with active policy easing as they have in the past.”

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