Lots going on. Whens the last time you as a political expert can think of this Democratic Party this united . Well, and i would just say its not just the Democratic Party. I mean, i think what president Joe Biden did was he put the entire Prodemocracy Coalition on high alert, right . He said im giving up this thing that i love and he used the word revere because its bigger than me, and i really think that was an act of political sacrifice that must be contagious to everyone invested in continuing to live in a democracy. I love that, and i love positive contagious things. You know. Yes. Covid. Yes i cant wait to catch up with you in person. Thank you, nicole. Have a great show. Our thanks to Nicole Wallace and the whole team. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. I want to take a quick moment to thank Katie Faang and jen psaki. I enjoyed it, and i am also thrilled to be with you during a transformed period in this president ial Election And Tonight we lead off with some very special guest
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They were up 8. 5 percent in july from the same month last year after seeing an expansion of more than 12 percent in june. Meanwhile, in japan, according to data released monday, the worlds 3rd largest. The company expanded by just 1. 3 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2021. After falling 3. 7 percent in the 1st Quarter And Contracting nearly 4. 8 percent in 2020 as a whole. As the nation struggled to deal with the coban 1900 pandemic. So what do these latest numbers tell us about the future of the 2 most crucial asian economies . Well, to discuss, lets bring in boom by telephone christy. Christy. I want to start with chinas economy, which is hip re pandemic levels, but there are concerns that the growth is flowing due to inflationary pressure and issues with the supply chain. What they, you . Well, yeah, one of the biggest threats to recovery inflation, china is expansion is losing theme as businesses are now grappling with the higher costs and supply bottlenecks. So the new coven, 19 in
Of supply bottlenecks. So the new coven, 19 infections, and the through the delta vary and have also now led to fresh restrictions in the region, which in turn disrupted the countries factory output. The data earlier this month also showed that export growth, which has been a key drive of trying to rebound, had unexpectedly slowed down in july. And this is, as we talked about before because of the highly interconnected nature of our world. Now, while china is Growth Engine, in terms of supply and producing manufacturing goods, it doesnt matter. The rest of the world doesnt recover because then theres no Cut Consumer and customer to buy the products. European and us imports from china slow down as importers phase higher cost from inflation and the pace the recovery slowed down in the wet. So according to analysts, consumption, industrial production and investments could all slow down further in august due to further tightening measures. And coven, 1900 controls. And these production con