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Deep dive | China’s 2022 growth outlook: Threading the policy needle for economic stability

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2022 is set to be yet another trying year for China’s economy.

China set the global pace for post-pandemic (can we even call it that?!) economic growth in 2021, but growth has slowed rapidly since mid-year and looks set to further deteriorate in the first half of 2022, before supportive policies fi...



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