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State investment in China: You are what you buy
May 24th 2012, 11:20 from Banyan
PRIVATE consumption in China is low compared to the United States. Yet hidden disposable incomes may account for trillions of yuan, held disproportionally in the hands of the rich(0)
Special report: China's economy: Like high wheeling on a pennyfarthing
May 24th 2012, 4:58 from Banyan
SIMON COX, our Asia economics editor, discusses China's economy, its powerful state-owned enterprises and where there is opportunity for growth(1)
Finance: Bending not breaking
May 24th 2012, 3:10 from Print edition
China’s financial system looks quake-proof, but for how long?(0)
Consumers: Dipping into the kitty
May 24th 2012, 3:10 from Print edition
Chinese consumption is about much more than shopping(0)
Investment: Prudence without a purpose
May 24th 2012, 3:10 from Print edition
Misinvestment is a bigger problem than overinvestment(0)
Pedalling prosperity
May 24th 2012, 3:10 from Print edition
China’s economy is not as precarious as it looks, says Simon Cox. But it still needs to change(4)
Recommended economics writing: Link exchange
May 1st 2012, 8:52 from Free exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(6)
Daily chart: Asian economic rankings
Apr 27th 2012, 1:30 from Graphic detail
South Korea may soon be richer than Japan(219)
India's economic reforms: Now finish the job
Apr 15th 2012, 4:50 from Banyan
Time to implement India's promised economic reforms(117)
China's economy: Feels like white elephants?
Apr 12th 2012, 6:00 from Free exchange
Is China investing too much?(14)
Japan's central-bank politics: A hold-up at the Bank of Japan
Apr 8th 2012, 8:49 from Banyan
A hold-up at the Bank of Japan(11)
The risk in clearing-houses: All clear?
Apr 4th 2012, 3:00 from Print edition
Clearing-houses are meant to solve problems in derivatives markets. They create them, too(26)
Economic forecasting: Wanna bet?
Mar 31st 2012, 9:58 from Analects
Will the Chinese economy surpass America's before the end of this decade? The Economist's Free Exchange takes a bet(20)
Clanger: China's economy
Mar 22nd 2012, 4:10 from Print edition(5)
Rebalancing: Waiting for the Chinese consumer
Mar 20th 2012, 3:58 from Free exchange
Chinese rebalancing has a long way to go(11)
India’s budget: Unbalanced
Mar 16th 2012, 4:10 from Banyan
Can India’s budget get the economic show back on the road?(48)
China’s economy: Fears of a hard landing
Mar 15th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
China ran a massive trade deficit in February. What does it say about the economy?(152)
China's currency: Enough appreciation for now
Mar 12th 2012, 6:02 from Free exchange
China's central bank signals that the yuan may have hit a "fair" level(16)
Hong Kong Airlines: A new player on the London-Hong Kong route
Mar 9th 2012, 5:24 from Gulliver
Hong Kong Airlines has launched a business-class-only service between London and Hong Kong(9)
The economics of reform: Stoking the furnace
Mar 1st 2012, 4:00 from Print edition(14)
China’s capital controls: Set the money free
Mar 1st 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
But China should liberalise finance at home before unleashing capital flows across borders(56)
Japan’s currency: Wonupmanship
Mar 1st 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
Can Japan break the yen-won curse?(5)
Money talks: February 27th 2012: Grappling with gridlock
Feb 27th 2012, 6:08 from Schumpeter
OUR correspondents debate how best to measure Indian companies' global success, ask whether the future is brighter than we think, and pull apart the problems of driverless motoring(1)
Measures of well-being: Chilled out
Feb 23rd 2012, 5:07 from Print edition
A poll contradicts what we thought we knew about income and happiness(47)
Focus: Borrowing in Asia
Feb 21st 2012, 7:32 from Graphic detail
Cross-border bank lending to Asia’s developing economies has been shrinking recently(0)