This surprise move by China is a bullish factor for most raw commodity markets, as China is a major raw commodity consumer.
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Many of these changes mirror what has taken place in other developing countries, but Chen Yiyun, a professor at China's Academy of Social Sciences, points to one factor unique to China: its one-child policy, which is still widely observed in cities.
But the bigger factor helping China lies on the supply side.
U. will continue to be a significant factor in China growth, and will surely limit prospects for any revival in Chinese exports to Europe this year.
Europe is still mired in a recession and a debt crisis that tends to flare up every few weeks, while slower growth in countries like China was a big factor in a disappointing third-quarter earnings season.
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"Even though China's export growth will slow this year, containerization is a major growth factor behind the expansion of China's trade, and COSCO can still enjoy very high growth, " he says.
As far as I can see, total factor productivity in China is quite good.
The U.S. will remain the strongest driver but will need to find markets for selling more as well as buying. (Investment flows, and the strength of the dollar, will figure in this.) Another key factor will be China--how fast it integrates into the world trading system as a nation, and as 30-odd provinces and zones.
But surprisingly, low wage labor is no longer a major factor for being in China.
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The most important factor pushing reform is China's large and growing urban-rural income disparities.
The China news is a bullish underlying factor for the raw commodity sector, due to the demand implications.
The second factor that may encourage China and India to become greener is the growth of indigenous alternative-energy companies.
Foreign direct investment, an important factor powering growth in China during the last two decades, declined for the eighth straight month in May, when it fell 17.8%.
Palladium, on the other hand, is used more in gasoline-powered engines that are popular in North America and China, and that is another factor underpinning palladium, Steel said.
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The China news was also a bullish underlying factor for the raw commodity markets, including the precious metals.
In addition to the credit-bubble aftermath that continues to haunt the developed economies (and now China), there is the inflation factor.
The China news is also a bullish underlying factor for the raw commodity markets, including the precious metals, to start the new trading week.
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Another factor is the structure of China's capital markets.
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As China increases its power production by a factor of four over the next 20 years, that means it will need to add more coal plants to meet its goals and electricity demand.
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It describes China-US relations as the most important factor affecting Australia's geopolitics.
The China news Thursday is also a bullish underlying fundamental factor for the precious metals.
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The China news Thursday was also a significantly bullish fundamental factor for the precious metals.
Also, the weekend news that China eased its monetary policy is a bullish underlying factor for all raw commodity markets.
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Concern over China's own growth prospects was another possible factor behind the drop in FDI in the final months of last year.
But even if the figure is too high by a factor of 10, the gain to China's steel industry would outweigh the projected costs to its airlines.
Reitzes sees China as the key battleground for the larger form factor, not the USA, so how Apple and its rivals shape up outside America will be key to his idea that Apple stands to make a substanttial gain from a phablet.
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News that China again raised its interest rates is also a negative factor for the precious metals Wednesday morning.
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Recent economic data coming from China has been upbeat, which is an underlying bullish factor for most markets, including the raw commodities.
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But by far the biggest factor in the resurrection of the steel industry is China.
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