{"id":77959,"date":"2015-09-08T08:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=77959"},"modified":"2015-09-08T08:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T12:41:47","slug":"chinas-fall-in-exports-raise-concerns-of-severe-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2015\/09\/chinas-fall-in-exports-raise-concerns-of-severe-slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s fall in exports raise concerns of severe slowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-4283337903\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">September 8, 2015<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>Article by <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-content\">\n<p>China\u2019s August exports declined less than forecast but a bigger fall in imports suggested continuing economic weakness, adding to concerns over the health of the world\u2019s second-largest economy that have been rattling global markets.<\/p>\n<p>Exports fell 5.5 percent from a year earlier, slightly less than a 6.0 percent drop expected and improving from an 8.3 percent drop in July.<\/p>\n<p>Imports shrank for a 10th month in a row, slipping 13.8 percent, much more than the expected 8.2 percent, after an 8.1 percent decline in July, reflecting both lower global commodity prices and persistently sluggish domestic demand.<br \/>\nThe data shows China\u2019s trade surplus at $60.24 billion for the month, according to the General Administration of Customs. This was higher than forecasts for $48.20 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Global investors will be combing China\u2019s August data over the coming weeks to see if the economy is at risk of a hard landing. Many are not optimistic about the prospect of exports and it\u2019s unlikely China can achieve the export target this year.<\/p>\n<p>Though most economists believe a gradual and prolonged slowdown is more likely, a stock market crash and the unexpected devaluation of the yuan currency in August have heightened concerns about stability and policymaking in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by ForexTime China\u2019s August exports declined less than forecast but a bigger fall in imports suggested continuing economic weakness, adding to concerns over the health of the world\u2019s second-largest economy that have been rattling global markets. Exports fell 5.5 percent from a year earlier, slightly less than a 6.0 percent drop expected and improving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77960,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77959\/revisions\/77960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}