China Credit Propping Up Growth
Ed Yardeni | Jul 17, 2014 12:09AM ET
China’s real GDP rose 7.5% y/y during Q2-2014, up slightly from 7.4% during Q1. More interestingly, real GDP rose 7.9% during Q2 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up from 5.7% during Q1, the weakest quarterly gain since Q4-2008.
Apparently, a hefty expansion in credit was necessary to boost the economy during Q2, as I discussed yesterday. China remains dependent on credit-driven investment, which exacerbates the problem of excess capacity as evidenced by the 28 consecutive months of deflation in the PPI. Government officials want to change that, but don’t know how to achieve this goal. So they continue to prop up growth with short-term stimulus programs. Occasionally, they attempt to tighten credit, but back off quickly when growth slips.
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