Crisis Unfolding: China’s Deepening Job Market Woes, Risky Real Estate Loans, and Soaring Budget Deficit Sound Alarm Bells

A crisis looms over China as alarming signs of economic distress emerge. Despite official claims, the job market’s true fragility is exposed by online listings and household surveys, painting a grimmer picture. Adding to the ominous scenario, China is contemplating unsecured loans for real estate developers, marking an unprecedented move …

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China’s catch-up with the US—has it come to an end?

Is China still catching up with the US, or not anymore? pic.twitter.com/wir6NFlb92 — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) November 15, 2023 🇨🇳 #China #Property Slump Deepens as Beijing Mulls More Stimulus – Bloomberg ➡ The contraction in China’s home sales and property investment both deepened in October. ➡ Investment in development …

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Alarming Downturn: China’s Economic Rebound Falters as Consumption and Business Confidence Decline

China’s economic landscape appears fraught with concerns as the rebound in consumption stalls and private business confidence loses momentum. In October, key indicators like the QuantCube Technology recreation and transport demand measure and the Morning Consult consumer sentiment survey recorded troubling declines. Furthermore, the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business …

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China’s insane property bubble is bursting, and will take down the economy with it.

In August, China experienced its largest monthly capital outflow in nearly eight years. China had a capital outflow of $49 billion in August, the largest monthly outflow in almost 8 years 🚨 pic.twitter.com/h9dXDHxC8s — Barchart (@Barchart) October 22, 2023 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1716166335049114018 China’s Country Garden risks default after ‘missing bond payment’ The …

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China’s population decline and Real Estate slump could lead to economic collapse per Geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan

by TonyLiberty China’s population decline and Real Estate slump could lead to economic collapse per Geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan. He believes that China’s collapse is imminent, with only 10 years remaining before potential disaster. He estimates that China’s actual population is lower by 100 million than what the government has …

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The struggles in China’s real-estate industry and weak Chinese domestic demand pose a risk to the Japanese and global economies, Japan’s new economy minister says.

Yoshitaka Shindo, who assumed the cabinet post earlier this month, said that because China accounts for nearly a fifth of Japan’s exports, the Chinese economic troubles could cause Japan’s economy to move a notch downward. Potentially, “the impact is really big” given China’s central role in the global economy, Shindo …

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At the heart of China’s growth miracle since 1990 has been a massive housing bubble which is just beginning its bust. Major crisis assured.

Even China’s 1.4 billion population can’t fill all its vacant homes, former official says Unsold, completed: ~7.2 million homes, according to Reuters calculations, based on the average home size of 90 square metres. That does not count: the numerous residential projects that have already been sold but not yet completed …

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China’s economy is most likely headed for financial collapse.

I thought you might be interested in this. @Michael_Yon has been all around for years. https://t.co/4Bfz3lSakn — DeeStonk (@DeeStonk) September 12, 2023 According to Apollo, China's real estate market is now in recession territory. The China real estate climate index just hit its lowest levels since 2008. Meanwhile, Evergrande just …

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Saudi Arabia has significantly reduced its US Treasury holdings, dropping 41% from $184 billion in February 2020 to $108 billion, while China’s holdings reached a 14-year low of $835 billion.

While China has been offloading US Treasuries for 10+ years, the rate has accelerated. Both Canada and Mexico also now account for a higher % of US imports than China. It seems like the trade war is back. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. pic.twitter.com/paivr3aYSS — …

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The troubled real estate giant is battling a liquidity crisis which some fear could spread to China’s wider economy and even spill over abroad.

via CNN: Hong Kong/London CNN — Country Garden warned Wednesday that it could default on its vast debts as it reported a loss of 51.5 billion yuan ($7 billion) for the first six months of the year. The company, which was China’s largest residential developer last year, said it had …

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10 Signs China’s Economic Collapse Has Finally Begun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBgea3Mj4MU China’s economic structure is getting increasingly unsustainable. Several indicators show that the world’s second-largest economy is standing on very shaky ground right now. A major meltdown is already in motion after the collapse of the country’s second-largest property developer Evergrande, whose shares collapsed by 80% on Monday. But Evergrande’s …

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What happened to Evergrande and Country Garden: Why China’s real estate is in a huge Ponzi

by Historical_Lie5701 TL;DR: China’s property developers move collaterals, take debts from banks, and issue off-shore bonds to acquire new lands and sell off-plan units, in order to pay off constructions on the older development. When new developments stop selling, everything goes burst, including those off-plan sold units which are under …

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China’s financial house of cards built on limitless debt & “stimulus” is collapsing.

China’s Housing Slump Far Worse Than Reported; Half Of State-Owned Builders Warn Of “Widespread” Losses Earlier today, Goldman’s head of hedge fund sales Tony Pasquariello observed that “to this point in the sequence, I’d argue the slowdown in China had been a net positive for US equities — with specific regard to the …

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WARNING: China’s army filmed apparently preparing for conflict in Taiwan strait

https://twitter.com/_/status/1692283346833817835 🚨🇨🇳 China releases Taiwan attack simulation video! pic.twitter.com/48RcUALazQ — Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) August 18, 2023 🚨🇹🇼 Taiwan releases a video of the preparation to defeat China.After Ukraine, it is Taiwan's turn to eliminate Free World's enemies. pic.twitter.com/DAufkFOCU7 — Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) August 18, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1690141682220826626 AC

China’s house of cards is about to collapse: Government suspends youth jobless data amid record high readings, sparking backlash on social media.

#China suspends youth jobless data after record high readings. The decision announced shortly after the release of weaker-than-expected factory & retail sales data sparked rare backlash on social media amid growing frustration about employment prospects in the country.… pic.twitter.com/KSsSdOIxM7 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 15, 2023 Cutting rates because they …

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