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India has reported soaring 8.8% GDP growth but a breakdown of the numbers tells a less inspiring tale.

More data from China have simply added to more concerns about the slowdown and about the need for further rate hikes.

As predicted by FNArena, the monthly HSBC/Markit PMI Survey for Chinese manufacturers dipped below 50 in July.

China’s GDP grew an annualised 10.3% in the second quarter, below consensus.

Beijing’s pressure valve of increased low-end housing supply may even serve to support sustainable property prices in China, suggests GaveKal, rather than spark a much feared crash.

There simply is no two ways about it: China’s economy is slowing down.

Post China’s announcement of greater renminbi flexibility, this column discusses new empirical research on what happens to economies when they exit exchange rate pegs that are resisting appreciation.

As May’s Chinese manufacturing data are released, analysts question the Chinese property “crash”and the the risk of China now drawing on its own commodity stockpiles, rather than buying more.

Chinese data for April were mostly higher than economist expectations, but will they force policy makers into more action soon?

Forget Europe for a moment. The Chinese stock market’s 11% fall this year is the world’s worst. Should Australian investors start panicking?