China’s Economy is COLLAPSING, and Even the Government is Panicking
Source: YouTube · Eurodollar University · published Jan 27, 2025 · 20:50
China's economy is trapped in a deflationary spiral driven by a severe banking credit crisis, with no meaningful recovery from stimulus efforts despite government promises 1:50. The banking sector faces massive prospective losses, especially in real estate, leading to balance sheet constraints and reduced lending, which undermines economic growth and deepens deflation 1:34-1:45.
Key Takeaways:
• Manufacturing PMI collapsed to 49.1 in January 2025, the lowest since 2022, signaling a severe downturn in production and weak demand 5:18-5:37.
• Non-manufacturing PMI surged in December but declined to 50.2 in January, indicating a short-lived recovery and persistent weakness in services 6:31-6:39.
• China’s provincial governments have lowered inflation targets from 3% to 2%, acknowledging the growing difficulty of escaping deflation 8:34-8:58.
• Hong Kong’s commercial real estate sector has declined by over 40% since 2018, exposing widespread loan losses and forcing banks to sell assets at a loss 16:35-17:14.
• Bond yields have consistently reflected the reality of a deflationary economy, with the market correctly predicting the failure of stimulus to drive real growth 10:52-11:07.
The deflationary spiral is not just a domestic issue—it’s spreading globally, affecting markets in Brazil and South Korea, and highlighting systemic risks in global financial stability 2:14-2:29.
Sources:
- 1:50 Discussion of China’s deflationary spiral and government’s failure to addre
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there was a lot going down in China this weekend starting with how the brief bazooka high in December Came Crashing back to reality with some ugly statistics here in January some of them so ugly we haven't seen these levels since the lockdowns in 2022 we also got more insight into the money in banking situation even as the liquidity spasm there calm down the credit crisis has come into better focus including how much that's directly related to The Suffering economy and while everyone in the stock market at the moment is focused on the Chinese entry into AI with its deep seek China's banking crisis is by far the bigger news Banks there are balance sheet constrained because of the prospective losses they've been able to sit on at least thus far where it all connects together is that the more…