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Friday, 18 March 2022

#Chinese Real Estate #Shares Soar Despite Dismal #Economic Outlook

The Guardian

China property shares soar on Beijing stimulus, despite continued debt crisis

Plans to shore up real estate and tech sectors welcomed by investors, but downgrade of third-biggest developer Sunac shows problems persist

Chinese property shares have soared for a second day thanks to a decision by Beijing’s leadership to throw the country’s struggling real estate sector a lifeline amid growing pressures at home and abroad.

Despite a downgrade for China’s third-biggest property developer Sunac on Thursday, stocks in the sector lifted again in Hong Kong and the mainland thanks to an announcement by vice premier Liu He, China’s economic tsar, on Wednesday that the government needed to reduce risks in the industry.

In a sign of the heightened concern inside China’s Communist party leadership about the property sector and the economy in general – best illustrated by the near-collapse of the giant developer Evergrande – Liu urged the roll-out of market-friendly policies to support the economy.

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Thursday, 17 March 2022

The #Fed #Rate Hikes Begin - Now What?

Market Watch

Powell vows Fed will conquer high inflation. Here’s what he said

By Jeffry Bartash

Fed under the gun with inflation at 40-year high

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday said inflation is going stay high in 2022, but he vowed the central bank will do whatever it takes to bring price rises under control.

The Fed raised interest rates for the first time in four years as part of a broader strategy to combat the highest inflation in 40 years. The rate of inflation has surged to almost 8% in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Here’s what Powell said about inflation after the Fed decision.

“We will take the necessary steps to ensure that high inflation does not become entrenched.”
“We have to restore price stability.”
Inflation is far, far above target.”

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Rate Hikes Suggest Major Economic Downturn