All Eyes On China's Policy Meeting in March

Tommy Xie, Head of Asia Macro Research, OCBC Bank

20-Feb-24 07:45

All Eyes On China's Policy Meeting in March

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Despite a striking 47.3% surge in domestic tourism spending during the Lunar New Year Holidays totalling a substantial 632.7 billion yuan or 87.96 billion dollars, is the Chinese economy on track to recovery? Tommy Xie, Head of Asia Macro Research at OCBC Bank tells us how views whilst weighing in what are the other levers the government can pull to revive the economy and restore confidence.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Categories: markets, economy, international

Tags: china, recession, chinese new year, economy recovery,

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