Behind the Money

China’s economy braces for Trump

Lately, China’s economy has been in the doldrums, with the risk of a “deflationary spiral” lurking. Plus, toss in the election of Donald Trump in the US — and reaching the economic goals President Xi Jinping set more than a decade ago looks even more difficult. The FT’s China bureau chief Joe Leahy examines Beijing’s latest plans to fix the country’s economy and whether it will be enough to keep up with Xi’s long-term plans for growth.   Clips from Bloomberg, CBS, Yahoo Finance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/68bebab0-db45-46b1-973a-3a29f2e59f26" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Xi Jinping changed his mind on China’s fiscal stimulus</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8b358c70-be0c-47b0-b696-e25b1b55a8aa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why China is betting on local governments to spur the economy</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/de9af759-2b94-4b7e-98e4-42698900efeb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">If China’s statistics can’t be scrutinised, doubts about the economy will only grow</a>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  On X, follow Joe Leahy (<a href="https://twitter.com/leahyjoseph" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@leahyjoseph</a>) and Michela Tindera (<a href="https://twitter.com/mtindera07" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mtindera07</a>), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/58556b73-d6f7-46b0-b342-03c8d45bbe41" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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