Article 416BF China moves quickly in bid to counter sharp slowdown in economy

China moves quickly in bid to counter sharp slowdown in economy

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Phillip Inman
from Economics | The Guardian on (#416BF)

Vice-premier and central bank governor intervene as GDP grows at lowest rate since 2009

Chinese officials have reacted quickly to a sharp slowdown in growth at the world's second largest economy, promising that it remained strong despite an escalating trade war with the US.

The intervention on Friday by the vice-premier, Liu He, and the central bank governor gave China's leading stock market a brief respite from six months of tumbling shares that have sliced more than a third from the value of Shanghai-listed companies.

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