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China signals more stimulus as economic slowdown deepens
China will aim to achieve “a good start” in the first quarter for the economy, the state planner said on Tuesday, signaling authorities could roll out more stimulus measures in the near term to counter slowing growth. China will strengthen monitoring of its economic situation and improve its “reserve” of economic policies, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement. The world’s second-biggest economy slowed in 2018 as Chinese authorities carried out painful long-term structural adjustments to transition to a more gradual but sustainable growth trajectory. A trade war with the ... (full story)