There Is No Chinese Economic Miracle

Tags: Economic Policy, Socialism

12/07/2020 Daniel Lacalle

In most economies, inventories are valued at market prices, while in China they are valued by the authorities and adjusted later. This is just one of many ways China manipulates GDP data.

Original Article: “There Is No Chinese Economic Miracle“.

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