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Despite China’s uneven economic recovery, Deutsche Bank “remains optimistic” about China for the medium to long term.
Despite China’s uneven economic recovery, Deutsche Bank “remains optimistic” about China for the medium to long term.
China’s economic outlook also affected the stocks of some of the top companies in the country.
The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong advanced on the back of Chinese tech stock increases. There were also rallies in the US and the APAC region.
The robust reports on Chinese tech stocks came in the midst of the strict Covid policy in China that has been choking the nation’s economy.
After the announcement of the Q4 performance, the Hang Seng Tech index rebounded from losses, gaining 3.05%.
The fourth quarter and full-year growth record of the Chinese economy was the buy signal for many investors.
The general performance of the Asia-Pacific markets was subpar as the region is experiencing the impact of new Covid variant B.1.1.529.
Stock markets across the Asia Pacific entered heavy correction following strong market correction on Wall Street due to rise in bond yields.
The global markets remain jittery as the total COVID-19 death count crosses the half-a-million mark. The WHO has warned of the latest acceleration in global access and called for new measures to combat this pandemic through public-private partnerships.
The fiscal stimulus bill presented by the Trump government failed to receive a key Senate vote and was halted from passing. The Democrats said that the bill did little to help out workers and more to bail out companies.
On account of the coronavirus outbreak, China’s manufacturing output has plunged to record lows in February as several factories were shut down. Central banks across the globe are willing to take corrective measures to ensure financial stability.
Global markets across Europe and Asia have plunged severely on Monday as South Korea and Italy report several new affected cases of the coronavirus on Sunday. Analysts request investors to maintain caution at this stage.
The coronavirus outbreak seems to be getting worse instead of getting better and the Asian markets have crashed in response to a 45% surge in confirmed cases.
As market trading resumed in China after the holidays, stocks crashed over 7% being influenced by the effects of the coronavirus fears. China has pumped over 1 trillion yuan in rescue.
It is expected that in the next 2 years U.S. exports to China will almost double as the “phase one” of the U.S.-China trade deal is “totally done”.