Bloomberg: PBOC Cuts Interest Rate for One Year Loans to Support Banks Article published: Feb 17, 2020 IB Economics syllabus: Macroeconomics (expansionary monetary policy) Due to the negative effects of the coronavirus on the Chinese economy, the Central Bank of China has decided to cut its interest rates. More specifically, they have cut the interest rates to [...]
South China Morning Post: China to inject US$174 billion of liquidity into markets amid new coronavirus outbreak Article published: Feb 2, 2020 IB Economics syllabus: Macroeconomics (monetary policy) As part of the open market operations, the Chinese Central Bank, called the The People's Bank of China has decided to increase the money supply. They do so by the [...]
Bloomberg: China’s Stimulus Debate Is Still Alive After Grim Trade Data Can't open the article? Check this link. Article published: Sep 8, 2019 IB Economics syllabus: Macroeconomics (expansionary monetary and fiscal policy) China is desperate to keep economic growth above 6% and it is having a hard time doing so mostly due to the ongoing trade [...]
CNN Business: China is temporarily slashing tariffs on US auto imports Article published: December 15, 2018 IB Economics syllabus: International economics (protectionism, tariffs) After placing additional tariffs on cars in July, China has now decided to reduce these tariffs on a temporary basis for the next three months. The decision was made in order [...]
Reuters: Shut out of China, U.S. coal exporters find favour in India Article published: Nov 20, 2018 IB Economics syllabus: International economics (protectionism, trade) This article talks about how the higher tariffs in China made American coal producers sell coal in other countries (e.g. India) instead of China. This is a real-life example of trade diversion. [...]
Wall Street Journal: China Car Sales Rise Sharply in September Article published: Oct 12, 2016 – out of date: no longer suitable for your IB Economics commentary IB Economics syllabus: Microeconomics (government intervention: tax cut) Thanks to tax cuts, Chinese car manufacturers can sell their products at lower prices. No wonder that there are a lot more sales [...]
BBC: Chinese manufacturing continues to contract in September Article published: Oct 1, 2015 - out of date: no longer suitable for your IB Economics commentary IB Economics syllabus: Macroeconomics (AD/AS, economic growth) While the whole world is panicking about the decreasing economic growth of China, the fact that the manufacturing industry has shrank for the 2nd consecutive month [...]
The Economic Times (The Times of India): Qualcomm to pay $975 million fine over Chinese anti-monopoly claim Article published: Feb 10, 2015 - out of date: no longer suitable for your IB Economics commentary IB Economics syllabus: Microeconomics HL (monopoly power, collusion), International Economics (protectionism) China has stepped up against large firms violating anti-collusion laws. This time, [...]