For decades, Japan has quietly financed a significant portion of the global financial system. Its pension funds, insurers and institutional investors have channelled trillions of...
China has finally escaped deflation. Unfortunately, it did not do so through a heroic revival of domestic demand, a consumer renaissance, or the sudden rediscovery...
China’s economic woes deepen as deflation takes root, posing an urgent threat to the prospects of the world’s second-largest economy. Despite the government’s attempts to...
Chinese state banks are following the path set by the Chinese party, devoting a significant portion of their energy and margin to boost domestic consumption....