OBOR News and Press, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index From 03/04/19

China is planning to cut the value-added tax rate that covers the manufacturing sector by 3 percentage points as part of measures to support the slowing economy, Bloomberg reports . More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest ...

The need to rebalance China’s economic growth China’s GDP growth last year (6.6%) was the lowest in the last two decades. In its World Economic Prospects update in January, the IMF maintained China’s annual growth rates forecast for 2019-2020 at 6.2%. Such rates corr...

Our macro team authored the bearish thesis on China and Emerging Markets back in January 2018. A core component to the view was a persistent steepening of comparative base effects for key drivers of global growth as far as the eye can see. It’s highly unlikely that Beijing has done ...

Asian markets firmed overnight, after the Dow and Nasdaq boasted their eighth consecutive weekly gains, on hopes the U.S. and China would hammer out an agreement resolving their protracted trade war. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-...

Here's some of the standout economic and markets charts on my radar (originally posted on LinkedIn ). I aim to pick a good mix of charts covering key global macro trends, and ones which highlight risks and opportunities across asset classes. Hope you enjoy! 1. U.S. Economic Optimism: He...

The Shanghai Composite index rose 1.4% overnight as markets in China reopened after a week-long Lunar New Year break. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF, Global news and forex, Top stock ...

The 2008 financial crisis hit China hard, as it did everyone else. Not every country responded like China did, though. Most couldn’t do what China did because they lacked either financial resources or political ability. China had both. And so it launched a stimulus program of mind-...

China's sprawling services sector maintained a solid pace of expansion in January even though growth moderated slightly, offering some support for the world’s second largest economy as manufacturing cools. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet E...

President Trump is optimistic that the world’s two largest economies could reach "the biggest deal ever made" and confirmed that a U.S. delegation will visit China in mid-February for a new round of trade talks. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Inte...

Manufacturing activity in China contracted for the second-straight month in January - another sign the world’s second-largest economy is slowing down. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ...