China’s Outflow Will Spread From Financial to Capital Overall

China’s Outflow Will Spread From Financial to Capital Overall
A bank employee counts out 100 yuan notes at a bank in Shanghai on Aug. 8, 2018. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s stock market rebounded more than 10 percent from the bottom since end-October. Analysts made buy calls against the backdrop of relieving COVID-19 measures. While the market was up, some funds flow statistics are not showing a consistent net inflow in recent days. And the rebounds of other markets like U.S., UK, and Europe over the same period of time were much stronger. Although the Chinese yuan is getting stronger, it is not easy to deduce a clear conclusion about funds flow from these fragmented pieces of information.

Law Ka-chung
Law Ka-chung
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Law Ka-chung is a commentator on global macroeconomics and markets. He has been writing numerous newspaper and magazine columns and talking about markets on various TV, radio, and online channels in Hong Kong since 2005. He covers all types of economics and finance topics in the United States, Europe, and Asia, ranging from macroeconomic theories to market outlook for equities, currencies, rates, yields, and commodities. He has been the chief economist and strategist at a Hong Kong branch of the fifth-largest Chinese bank for more than 12 years. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, MSc in Mathematics, and MSc in Astrophysics.
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