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Gray Rhino Meets Black Swan
Epoch Times ^ | 9 Feb 2020 | Fan Yu

Posted on 02/09/2020 5:49:13 PM PST by datura

China has stepped up economic support measures in recent weeks to prop up a domestic economy straining under the coronavirus outbreak.

Most businesses and business activities have shut down since the Chinese New Year in late January. Some business activities will resume beginning Feb. 10 but the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is expected to have a debilitating impact on the world’s second-biggest economy in early 2020.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; china; disease; economy; manufacturing; wuflu
New banking rules to help China cope with the slowdown- kicking the can down the road a bit.

Time will tell.

Sorry for the short excerpt, but need to drive again.

1 posted on 02/09/2020 5:49:13 PM PST by datura
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To: datura

Functional Link:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/gray-rhino-meets-black-swan-as-virus-hits-chinese-banking-sector_3231756.html


2 posted on 02/09/2020 6:24:30 PM PST by ETCM
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3 posted on 02/09/2020 6:45:39 PM PST by BipolarBob (Joe Biden: "We can't let Trump keep on making America great".)
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To: datura

Was the author of the virus Who Flung Flu?


4 posted on 02/09/2020 11:27:30 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: ETCM

Gray rhino” is a term meaning large and visible problems in the Chinese economy that are usually ignored—not completely dismissed but they’re risks which are known and managed. “Black swans” describes a risk or event that comes as a complete surprise and brings about severe consequences. Economists are most fearful of such “black swans.


5 posted on 02/10/2020 5:49:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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6 posted on 02/10/2020 10:08:08 AM PST by sauropod (If women are upset at TrumpÂ’s naughty words, who bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Grey?)
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