These Two Charts Show Why Everyone Is Watching Chinese Data

From businessinsider.com

We just saw that the Chinese economy expanded 7.7% on the year in the fourth quarter of 2013. GDP was up 1.8% quarter-over-quarter. GDP growth was up 7.7% in 2013, the lowest level since 1999. Economists have for sometime warned about a slowdown in China. And this is of course terrible news for Australia. Dylan Grice has previously described Australia as "a credit bubble built on a commodity market built on an even bigger Chinese credit bubble, Australia looks like leveraged leverage, a CDO squared." Grice was pointing out that Australia relies on China to consume its exports in a massive way. But it isn't just ... (full story)