deflation
China’s 5.2% Growth: A Triumph of Resilience or a Statistical Mirage?
China’s official 5.2% GDP growth meets targets but masks deep economic issues, creating a complex landscape for global investors and financial markets.
China’s Economic Paradox: Decoding the Boom, the Doubts, and the Global Impact
China’s official GDP growth, driven by a powerful export boom, is met with significant skepticism from global analysts due to domestic economic weaknesses.
China’s “Involution” Crisis: Why Beijing Is Waging War on Price Wars
China’s regulators are fighting deflation by launching “anti-involution” probes into ruinous price wars, a major policy shift affecting its economy.
The Phoenix Economy: Why Corporate Japan Must Conquer its 30-Year Trauma to Thrive
For decades, Japan’s economy was haunted by its past. Now, a new era of inflation is forcing a reckoning. Can its corporate leaders adapt?
China’s High-Stakes Gamble: Can an Export Blitz Revive a Stagnant Economy?
China is doubling down on its export-led growth model to combat domestic deflation, risking a new wave of global trade wars. What does this mean for investors?
The Pen That Defied Deflation: What a 40-Year Price Hike Tells Us About Japan’s New Economic Reality
A Japanese pen maker’s first price hike in 40 years signals a major shift in Japan’s economy, with huge implications for finance and investing.
The $580 Billion Treasure Hiding in Japan’s Closets: A New Frontier for its Economy?
Japan is sitting on a $580bn hidden asset class: unused household goods. Fintech is now unlocking this value, with huge implications for its economy.
The Great Unwinding: Why Japan’s Bond Market Tremors Could Shake the Global Economy
Japan’s 10-year bond yields hit a 17-year high, signaling the end of an era of ultra-cheap money and portending major shifts for the global economy.
The Great Reversal: How a Shrinking World Will Upend Finance, Investing, and the Global Economy
We are entering a “Great Reversal”—a new era of depopulation that will flip our economic and financial assumptions about growth, inflation, and investing.
China’s Tech Dragon Wakes: Inside the New 5-Year Plan Shaping the Global Economy
China’s new 5-year plan signals a major economic shift, prioritizing high-tech self-sufficiency and domestic consumption amid US tensions and deflation fears.
The Dragon’s Chill: Why China’s Falling Prices Should Concern Every Investor
China’s consumer prices are falling, sparking fears of a deflationary spiral that could stall its economy and send shockwaves through global markets.
The New Economic Cold War: Is China Weaponizing Its Economy to “Pull Everybody Down”?
A top investor claims China is weaponizing its economy to “pull everybody down.” We dissect this warning and its impact on investing, trade, and finance.