China's Consumption Pressure

Cathy Chao, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

24-May-22 07:30

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As the world’s second largest economy continues to be isolated from the rest of the world with its harsh containment measures, we ask Cathy Chao from Fitch Ratings helps us understand how will consumer demand play out for the rest of the year.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Tan Chen Li, Philip See

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Categories: economy, international, government

Tags: economy, china, lockdown, consumer, consumption, retail spending,

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