The government will face the challenge of controlling rising financial and fiscal risks from shadow banking activities while ensuring stable growth.

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The so-called shadow banking industry, an unregulated and fast-rising world of high-yield wealth-management products and underground lending, also continues to worry investors.

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Rising costs in China have cast a shadow over many businesses in the country, and are seen as eroding its attractiveness for foreign investment, especially for labor-intensive manufacturers.

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Yes, their retirement accounts were a shadow of their former selves, but their homes were rising in value 10% a year, every year.

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"The vulnerable will still face rising care costs - homes will still be sold, " said shadow health secretary Andy Burnham.

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