Friday, July 27, 2007

China's economy



Jul 26th 2007 | HONG KONG
From The Economist print edition

Fears that China's economy is overheating are exaggerated


CHINESE students may come top of the world league in mathematics, yet the country's economic numbers are notoriously dodgy. New figures showing that China's GDP growth quickened to 11.9% in the year to the second quarter, its fastest since the mid-1990s, while inflation jumped to 4.4% in June from 3.4% in May, have fuelled concerns that its economy is now seriously overheating. However, a closer inspection of the numbers suggests there is no need to panic—yet.

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