Recent ticks in the yuan's exchange rate have convinced many that for the latter half of 2008, it's speedy cruise-control appreciation will be tweaked. What are policymakers responding to?
A recent report by the Chinese State Information Center concluded that China has averted risks of its economy overheating, and economists suggest that downside risks have increased.
Official statistics say that China has retained double-digit growth for the first half of this year, albeit at a slower rate, in the face of world economic fluctuations and domestic natural disasters.
China's 200-billion-strong sovereign wealth fund has set aside 80 billion dollars for overseas investment, and Morgan Stanley has become the asset allocation architect.
As capital retreats from the Chinese stock markets and real estate, banks are enjoying higher deposit growth; yet, companies are resorting to costlier underground fundraising.
Fears of political motives behind China's sovereign wealth fund, a major stakeholder in the Industrial and Construction Bank of China and China Construction Bank, have created obstacles for the two banks to expand business to the US.
As a tide of uncertainty rose in the Chinese stock markets, the Chinese government has reconsidered intervention. Some now say the key risk facing China's financial system is now hot money.
With the consumer price index now rising at a less urgent rate, Chinese authorities are turning their attention to producers' prices, which are still shooting up.
Several Chinese researchers thought to be closely associated with exchange rate policymakers have penned reports hinting a reversal in the yuan's appreciation, prompting lowered expectations from overseas investors.
As government spending and reserve funds adapt to fulfill the needs of rebuilding disaster areas, the Ministry of Finance is taking a second look at the 2008 budget.
The time is due for China to undergo a second trade policies review by WTO members. The EO talks to WTO director-general Pascal Lamy on the areas of focus for the review.
After grizzling up from previous negotiations on foreign investments, China's sovereign wealth fund settles on JC Flowers as a partner in a 4 billion dollar fund.
Some of the world's top financial players are vying for the favor of China's 200-billion-dollar-strong sovereign wealth fund in an open tendering process.
With a market listing in its crosshairs, the Agricultural Bank of China will likely have its commercial and policy functions split after a reform plan receives final approval in March.
The slew of snowstorms and deep freezes that have swept across China have had a contained but significant effect on businesses, infrastructure, and the economy as a whole.
