De risking strategy poses yet another threat to foreign businesses operating there. I think the biggest challenge right now is the clear message from the United States government coming right out of the white house that theyre encouraging us businesses to essentially what they call de risk from china, that theyre encouraging us businesses to limit investment in china, especially when it has to do with industries that touch on National Security concerns. One of the things that china had introduced over the weekend, theyre offering Tax Incentives as well as help with visas. But is that going to work . I dont think so. Not right off the bat. And i think the State Council recently issued some guidelines in an attempt to essentially make investments in china more attractive. And i think it shows us three major things. The first is that it demonstrates that china knows that its got a problem. Its economy is slowing. Its got a housing bubble, unemployment is particularly high and Foreign Inve
Has to do with industries that touch on National Security concerns. One of the things that china had introduced over the weekend, theyre offering Tax Incentives as well as help with visas. But is that going to work . I dont think so. Not right off the bat. And i think the State Council recently issued some guidelines in an attempt to essentially make investments in china more attractive. And i think it shows us three major things. The first is that it demonstrates that china knows that its got a problem. Its economy is slowing. Its got a housing bubble, unemployment is particularly high and Foreign Investment is beginning to slow down. The second thing is theyre saying the right things, that theyre providing Tax Incentives and theyre trying to theyre indicating that theyre going to protect intellectual Property Rights and theyre trying to make the country look more attractive for foreign investors. But i think the third thing is the most important, and thats us companies and Multinatio
We heard that average uk wages were rising at their fastest pace in 20 years. Katharine neiss is chief european economist at pgim fixed income. Thanks very much for being with us today, katharine neiss. So clearly welcomed news that inflation has fallen to this point. Still quite far off the Bank Of Englands target, though. Is everything going to plan or as we had expected . 50. To plan or as we had expected . So, toda s to plan or as we had expected . So, todays data to plan or as we had expected . Srr, todays data are to plan or as we had expected . S57, todays data are not to plan or as we had expected . S513, todays data are not a to plan or as we had expected . Sr3, todays data are not a surprise. It is encouraging, as you say, that Headline Inflation is coming down. No doubt uk consumers will be relieved to see that Energy Prices and food Price Inflation is beginning to cool. But, that said, core inflation, that is a measure of inflation that gives us perhaps a better read on dom
Increase wont come. Lets not forget that yesterday we heard that average uk wages were rising at their fastest pace in 20 years. Joining me now is Neil Shearing group Chief Economist at capital economics. Thanks very much for being with us today. Clearly it is pretty good news, but is it happening fast enough, oras news, but is it happening fast enough, or as fast as we had hoped . The fall in the Headline Rate of inflation, as you say, thats going to be welcomed by the Bank Of England. It takes a bit of pressure off them. But when you start to dig into the details of this report, i think perhaps there is still some uncomfortable reading there for the policymakers of the bank. As you mentioned, a lot of the fall in the Headline Rate, that is driven by what has happened to food and Energy Prices and that is out of the banks control. Interest rates dont tend to affect the price of our energy or food. Those are set in global markets. What they do affect his conditions in the real economy,
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