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Investors Aren't Frightened About US-China Trade Rows - Deutsche Economist
A senior China economist at the German bank struck a cautiously optimistic note at a recent seminar about the global outlook, saying Beijing will do what is necessary to keep the country's economy humming.
Global investors are not particularly worried about the recent
China-US trade escalation's impact on the Chinese economy, Zhang
Dewei, chief China economist and head of China Equity Strategy at
Deutsche Bank,
is reported to have said recently.
According to CGTN, when China is challenged by external
forces, the Chinese government will loosen its policies to
stabilize the economy, Zhang said at a forum held at Tsinghua
University over the weekend. “The Chinese government has great
policy space and political measures up their sleeves. With the
policy space, the government can stabilize the economy in the
short term,” Zhang said.
He added that investors, such as those with medium and long-term
horizons, are not worried about the debt ratio in China since,
after years of climbing, the overall debt ratio stabilized in
recent years. “That's the main reason why global investors are
optimistic about China's banking system and macro risks,” Zhang
said.
His comments come at a time when equity and other markets have
gyrated in response to actions by the Donald Trump and Chinese
administrations over trade and tariffs. A number of wealth
management firms have reduced exposures to risk assets, concerned
that a trade clash will blunt global growth.