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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?

China’s Q1 GDP growth beat market expectations, but does this mean policy response is imminent?

Chinese property values are running rampant, suggesting comparisons with 1980s Japan. What would happen if this bubble burst?

Danske Bank sees Asian economic growth as sustainable as it is now more broadly based and conditions needed to sustain domestic demand are being met.

Westpac believes China can cap economic growth by an aggregate tightening of policy but… it won’t.

Economists believe that China must soon revalue its currency against the US dollar. Should we be worried?

Inflation has begun to rear its ugly head in China, adding pressure to the government’s need to reduce stimulus.