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...Next door, there was a similar-sized line of people waiting by the entrance for Louis Vuitton. Xio Hao, 22, said he was in the market for a new bag, and was willing to spend “about” £2,000....
...Commerzbank senior economist Zhou Hao said the import growth reflected restocking in the commodity sector: The improvement in China’s imports is partially due to base effects....
...At ANZ analysts Louis Lam and David Qu said today’s figures suggested significant reduction to downside risk for third-quarter GDP, putting growth of 6.6-6.7 per cent within reach....
...As Ningbo port, the year-on-year decline in exports is getting smaller on a year-on-year basis, Mr Hao notes....
...Louis Kuijs, an economist at RBS, said there was “some truth” to that view. But he said the property slowdown that is having a “major drag” on the economy was driven by the market, not policy....
...A skipper on the water taxi that ferries tourists to Le Suffren, a quayside hotel in Port Louis, the capital, likes to greet Chinese with a cheery Ni hao! in Mandarin....
...“It is inefficient to leave the money in the bank,” says Chen Hao, head of investor relations, citing China’s low interest rates and a tax imposed on any income earned from deposits....
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