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China Labour Supply Threatens Productivity Growth

Chart compiled by the China Real Time Report blog.    By John Richardson NOBODY should be surprised about what is happening in China’s petrochemicals markets, as the signs have been there for many months that economic rebalancing would have to accelerate. This could be marvellous news in the long term for domestic consumption growth, but […]

China’s March Inflation

By John Richardson THE importance of reliable market intelligence on China was further emphasised on Monday with the release of the March inflation data. Last week a sales and marketing executive with a polyolefins producer told us: “”Although the overall inflation rate has fallen to 3.2 percent (the February number), this is very misleading as it […]

Old Growth Model Needs To Be Challenged

By John Richardson Calling all chemicals investors: If you hear any presentation from any company out there that talks about an uninterrupted boom in growth in China, please, please start asking some searching questions. Please….. We have so far yet to come across any evidence of such questions after scouring the web. Instead, we have […]

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