China’s Politburo Ignites Market Rally With Vows on Growth

(Bloomberg) — China’s top leaders promised to boost stimulus and contain the country’s worst Covid outbreak since 2020, issuing a sweeping set of pledges that was light on details but enough to spark steep gains in stocks and the yuan.Most Read from BloombergElon Musk Offloads $4 Billion of Tesla Shares, Pledges No More SalesPutin Is Losing So Here’s How He’ll Make the War WorseUkraine Latest: Germany Says Won’t Block a Russian Oil EmbargoFour European Gas Buyers Made Ruble Payments to RussiaUk
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China Likely to Make 5% Growth Its Bottom Line for 2022

(Bloomberg) — China is likely to set a floor for economic growth of 5% next year as it tries to balance a desire to rein in the real-estate sector with the need for stability in a year of crucial political change.Most Read from BloombergCan Indoor Farms Reach Skyscraper Height?Zero Taxes, Golf and Beach Houses Create a Crypto Island ParadiseSaudi Arabia Wants Its Capital to Be Somewhere You’d Want to LiveThat’s the consensus among economists after year-on-year growth weakened to below that thre
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The Pandemic Has Only Increased Our Economic Growth Obsession

(Bloomberg Markets) — The coronavirus pandemic has shown that policymakers will sacrifice business activity if it’s necessary for public safety. Climate activists have warned for years that society’s quest for growth threatens our planet, and some economists encourage using different metrics to judge
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China’s 2020 Economic Growth Seen Sliding Below 2% in Survey

(Bloomberg) — China’s economy will grow by less than 2% in 2020 as the anti-virus shutdowns combine with a collapse in global demand due to the pandemic, according to the latest Bloomberg survey of economists.The median estimate for 2020 full-year gross domestic product growth from 56 economists surveyed
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Virus Poses New Threat to World Economy’s Fragile Stabilization

(Bloomberg) — The outbreak of the deadly coronavirus threatens to derail a fragile stabilization in the world economy, which had appeared poised to benefit from the phase one U.S.-China trade deal, and signs of a tech turnaround.While it’s too early to assess the full impact on China, where national
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