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China's Import Growth Looks Likely to Tumble in 2018

Bloomberg News
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  • Imports prop up global trade with 17.2% growth through October
  • Slowdown would weigh on commodities and the Asian supply chain

Assessing the Health of China's Economy

The pace of China’s import growth is set to slow in 2018 after a boom this year.

Inbound shipments will expand just 5 percent in 2018 after surging 14.9 percent this year, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. Slower infrastructure investment, tighter monetary policy, weaker commodity inflation and high base effects are likely growth drags.