Chinese Economy

Elephant poaching rates in Africa have started to decline after reaching a peak in 2011, an international team of scientists have concluded. However, the team say the continent's elephant population remains threatened without continuing action to tackle pove…

Background - Why monitor these statistics? We all know that the big economic numbers move markets. If GDP comes in - or employment, inflation, any of the big numbers - wildly different from forecast or expected then prices in equity markets will change signi…

Despite an impressive historical track record of growth, A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) is looking iffy recently following the release of a short-seller report. Further, the company has shown meaningful declines in earnings quality metrics that call into question its…

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ANYANG, Henan: For years, China's industrial heartland has been cloaked in smog, its waterways choked with pollution pumped from enormous clusters of factories churning out the mountains of cement and steel needed to build the Chinese economy. Aiming to tack…

By David Stanway, Philip Wen and Stella Qiu ANYANG/SANGPO, China (Reuters) - For years, China's industrial heartland has been cloaked in smog, its waterways choked with pollution pumped from enormous clusters of factories churning out the mountains of cement…

This article highlights the worst performing foreign stocks year to date 2019 through data as of May 21. The YCharts equity screening tool database counts 2,384 foreign stocks that either trades as an American Depository Receipt "ADRs," is primarily listed on…

Earlier this month, after trade talks with China collapsed, President Trump ramped up his trade war, raising tariffs from ten to twenty-five per cent on a third of Chinese imports, about two hundred and fifty billion dollars worth of goods. In response, U.S. …

Online search giant Baidu(NASDAQ:BIDU) has long been considered one of the top three tech giants in China, along with Alibaba(NYSE:BABA), and Tencent(NASDAQOTH:TCEHY). However, in the recently reported quarter, Baidu's results diverged from the other two in a…

An Introduction to Chinese Economics Some 50 years ago, China decided to open its borders, quickly becoming a manufacturing powerhouse. As a result, China has been growing at impressively high rates in recent years. However, in 2018 this fantastic growth fin…