To the point (Austro-Chinese business cycle theory)

?There is persuasive evidence to conclude that the Chinese economy is actually growing at just 4 or 5 per cent right now based on a composite of other indicators,? says Patrick Chovanec, a business professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

?Of China?s 9.2 per cent GDP growth in 2011, 5 percentage points came from investment which means that if China builds just as many roads, bridges, condos and villas as it built last year and no more it will knock five points of this year?s GDP growth. Growth is dependent on ever-rising levels of investment in an environment where that investment is not creating adequate returns.?

That is from the FT.? Does this paragraph reassure you?:

Officials and state media reports have suggested local governments will be able to compensate for slumping exports and real estate construction by embarking on a new infrastructure building binge.

Source: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/08/to-the-point-austro-chinese-business-cycle-theory.html

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