Chinese Economy

Shares of JD.com(NASDAQ:JD) surged this week after the Chinese e-commerce giant's second-quarter numbers crushed analyst expectations. Its revenue rose 23% annually to 150.3 billion RMB ($21.9 billion), topping estimates by nearly $1 billion and marking its s…

Though the Fed did not cut rates as much as hoped and a lack of progress continues to be made in ending trade disputes with China, American markets have fared well in recent months. Major indexes are only down roughly 3% from late July highs, and Q2 earnings …

Yves here. I was a true believer in the idea that Japan would take the leadership mantle from the US. American business executives (perversely) were more intimidated by Japan in the 1980s than they are by China now, perhaps because they were blindsided by the…

The Hong Kong protest movement is about democracy, pushing back on police power, and preserving the city's quasi-autonomy. But like the American Revolution, it's also about money. More than 20 years of relative decline in Hong Kong's economic strength, comb…

ReutersAug 13, 2019 13:00:16 IST China's top technology, e-commerce and consumer electronic firms are set to report a sharp slowdown in revenue growth for the June quarter, as a bruising trade war with the United States weighed on the Chinese economy and hur…

China's top technology, e-commerce and consumer electronic firms are set to report a sharp slowdown in revenue growth for the June quarter, as a bruising trade war with the United States weighed on the Chinese economy and hurt consumer spending. Revenues at …

Ongoing trade tensions between the USA and China are affecting airline passenger demand in those regions, IATA's latest traffic report shows. While airlines' efficiency improvements helped boost global load factors in June to record levels, IATA found that g…

Published: 6:53pm, 12 Aug, 2019 Updated: 6:53pm, 12 Aug, 2019

YICHUN, China/ SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Volatility in China's yuan since August is a normal market reaction to escalating trade frictions stoked by the United States and was caused, to some extent, by Washington's decision to raise tariffs, a senior Chinese centr…

Amid increasing external uncertainty, slowing global economic growth, the Fed's interest rate cut and continuing downward pressure on the Chinese economy, the market is looking to see China further ease its monetary policy. How much room is there for monetary…