More Evidence Of China Slowing Permeating Asia by Bryce Coward, Gavekal Capital
Today’s edition of our diary of weak Asian economic stats focuses on the recently released trade and industrial production numbers out of Thailand and the trade numbers from Hong Kong. The Thai economy is feeling the pain of the Chinese slowdown acutely even in the most highly level economic statistics. Meanwhile the Hong Kong trade figures, which we view more as a proxy for Chinese trade given its intermediary port position connecting China with the rest of the world, paint the picture of the weakest trade by volume since 2013.
