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China’s Housing Bust Goes Beyond Steel: Elements by David Fickling
The nation’s current wave of mortgage strikes could ripple through metals.
Bundles of steel tubes at a metal stock yard in Shanghai, China.
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If you want a glimpse from the current inflationary cliff into the abyss of crumbling commodities demand, you could do worse than look at some of the signals coming from China’s steel sector.