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Beijing’s unimpressive approach to spurring consumption

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Policymakers are short of ideas when it comes to boosting household consumption.
The sections on boosting consumption found in the work reports presented by the government and macro planner (NDRC) on Tuesday are largely a rehash of 2023's strategy – namely, boosting consumption by unlocking latent d...