Chinese authorities have been busy cutting interest rates and promising fiscal stimulus, but this doesn’t yet minimise the risk that the property market slips into Japanese-style, multi-year deflation.
The question for investors is whether the latest policy moves are just a de-risking step by the authorities, or in fact are they the beginning of a larger and more determined stimulus programme? And while Chinese exports are soaring, so too comes the threat of rising trade tariffs from the US.
For our latest Six Minute Strategy video, join Guy Monson, Chief Market Strategist, and Dr Subitha Subramaniam, the Chair of our investment policy committee, as they discuss the investment implications for China, as well as wider global markets.