China’s Policy Stimulus May Worsen Economic Distortions: OECD

China’s Policy Stimulus May Worsen Economic Distortions: OECD
Employees work on the production line of a factory manufacturing fashion accessories in Sihong County, Jiangsu Province, China on March 27, 2019. Reuters
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BEIJING—China’s stimulus measures will shore up economic growth this year and next but may undermine the country’s drive to control debt and worsen structural distortions over the medium term, the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) said in a report on April 16.

Beijing has stepped up fiscal stimulus to prevent a sharper slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy, which is being squeezed by weaker domestic demand and a trade war with the United States.