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Caixin saying that and end-November figure.
It would surely have to be worse now given market performance in January?
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In related developments, over the weekend, Reuters reported on

Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon running for the Republican presidential nomination, is heading to his house in Florida on Monday evening after the Iowa caucuses, his campaign said.

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Here is a video interview with Jan Hatzius from Bloomberg
I’ve just seen it and am about to watch it too. Apparently he discusses the state of the U.S. economy and Bank of Japan policy

The Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy decision is due at 0330GMT.
I really should put up a post right now like:
RBA announce rates stay on hold
I mean, really … that’s what its gonna be. The thing is, am I brave enough to do it? You know, just in case they shock us with a cut. Which they aren’t gonna do.

It’s now been nearly a year since the world woke up to what Beijing was doing in the South China Sea.

Early in 2015, satellite images seemed to show that China had embarked on a rather ambitious land reclamation effort in the Spratlys a disputed island chain claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.

As the months wore on it became readily apparent that this was no small project. Ultimately, China would build 3,000 acres of new sovereign territory atop reefs in the area much to the chagrin of Washington’s regional allies.

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The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) is a unit of the People’s Bank of China that runs the interbank foreign-exchange market
– CFETS publishes a monthly ‘review’ of FX and the yuan
I’ll be on the lookout for more on this.

A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that was an early entrant in China says it will continue to bet on Internet- and mobile technology-driven businesses in the country, despite concerns that market turmoil will affect private fundraising this year.
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