Apollo Global Management’s chief economist, Torsten Sløk, has spotlighted a striking demographic transformation unfolding in ...

China is famous for its thrift. Households as a group now save over 30% of their disposable income. Migrant workers, like Mr Li, save even more: over 48%, according to one estimate, although some of ...

In 2023, China's population was officially reported as 1.41 billion, a decline of approximately 2.08 million from the previous year. Yet Yi maintains the true figure is about 130 million people ...

China's growing retiree population is sure to strain its economy, prompting Beijing to raise statutory retirement ages for the first time since they were established in the 1950s.

Notably, China has reported just a modest slowdown in real GDP growth from pre-pandemic levels — from 5.2% in 2023 to 4.8% on a year-to-date basis by the third quarter of 2024 — but ...

China's economy expanded a healthy 5.4% in the first quarter, according to new official data, though that will probably be the high point for the year as the trade war starts to bite. Growth was ...

China has set this year's budget deficit at 3% of GDP, down from a revised 3.8% last year. The issuance of 1 trillion yuan in special ultra-long treasury bonds this year is not included in the budget.

China Q4 GDP seen growing 5.0% y/y, vs 4.6% in Q3 GDP growth seen at 4.5% in 2025, 4.2% in 2026 Inflation seen at 0.8% in 2025, 1.4% in 2026 C.bank seen cutting key policy rate by 10 bps in Q1 C ...