Car sales in China are booming,but gasoline consumption seems to be stuck in the slow lane. Chart 1 illustrates this apparent mystery(it shows sales of petroleum and oil products,since we do not have data on retail ga...Car sales in China are booming,but gasoline consumption seems to be stuck in the slow lane. Chart 1 illustrates this apparent mystery(it shows sales of petroleum and oil products,since we do not have data on retail gasoline sales).Sceptics point to this odd turn of events as evidence that cars are being bought en masse by state firms and government展开更多
The number of new project starts is still high,pointing to a huge investment boom in 2010 Cement and steel production numbers are a better gauge of real activity than FAI numbers, but also have issues Both have platea...The number of new project starts is still high,pointing to a huge investment boom in 2010 Cement and steel production numbers are a better gauge of real activity than FAI numbers, but also have issues Both have plateaued recently but are likely to rise more after the mid-February展开更多
文摘Car sales in China are booming,but gasoline consumption seems to be stuck in the slow lane. Chart 1 illustrates this apparent mystery(it shows sales of petroleum and oil products,since we do not have data on retail gasoline sales).Sceptics point to this odd turn of events as evidence that cars are being bought en masse by state firms and government
文摘The number of new project starts is still high,pointing to a huge investment boom in 2010 Cement and steel production numbers are a better gauge of real activity than FAI numbers, but also have issues Both have plateaued recently but are likely to rise more after the mid-February
