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Friday, 8 February 2013

China trade, loan surge boosts economy, inflation lurks

China’s exports and imports surged and new lending soared in January as the first hard data of the year signaled not only a solid recovery in domestic and overseas demand, but also the risk that inflationary pressures are building.


Exports grew 25 percent from a year earlier versus a forecast of 17 percent in a Reuters poll. Imports surged 28.8 percent to comfortably beat a consensus call of 23.3 percent and the resulting $29.2 billion trade surplus topped a market expectation of $22 billion.


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Nick Edwards, Reuters via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/TumxGBbXGqg/

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