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China’s Lending Problems

By John Richardson CHINA’s bank lending slumped by 41.3 percent in July from the previous month, the country’s central bank announced last Friday. This was well below the median forecast of 14 economists polled by Dow Jones newswire, and added to the gloom created by the earlier release of disappointing trade, output and retail sales […]

The Rest Of 2011 A Write-Off

By John Richardson SORRY to be yet again a bearer of bad news, but the awful China market continues to reflect a reality on the ground that remains in contrast to the views of chemicals analysts and top industry executives. And as we discussed yesterday when we looked at just one aspect of the problems […]

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