Post by Fletchsmile on Jul 3, 2015 10:53:54 GMT 7
Meanwhile over in China...
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Chinese Stocks Just Lost 10 Times Greece's GDP
(Bloomberg 2 July 2015)
As Europeans hold their breath awaiting a referendum that will help determine Greece's future in the euro zone, a stock market slump on the other side of the world is causing barely a ripple in global markets.
A dizzying three-week plunge in Chinese equities has wiped out $2.36 trillion in market value -- equivalent to about 10 times Greece's gross domestic product last year.
Still, the closed nature of China's financial markets is allowing the rest of the world to watch in wonder without seeing spillovers into their markets...yet.
"What happens in China will turn out to be far more consequential than any sting that Greece may deliver over the coming weeks or months,'' said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. "As China's equity markets lose their roar, the risk is that demand more broadly on the Mainland could take a hit. That would knock out an essential engine of world demand over the past decade. As dramatic as events in Greece currently appear, however, ultimately, it's difficult to see these proving decisive for the world economy.''
Contd.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/chinese-stocks-just-lost-10-times-greece-s-gdp
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Chinese Stocks Just Lost 10 Times Greece's GDP
(Bloomberg 2 July 2015)
As Europeans hold their breath awaiting a referendum that will help determine Greece's future in the euro zone, a stock market slump on the other side of the world is causing barely a ripple in global markets.
A dizzying three-week plunge in Chinese equities has wiped out $2.36 trillion in market value -- equivalent to about 10 times Greece's gross domestic product last year.
Still, the closed nature of China's financial markets is allowing the rest of the world to watch in wonder without seeing spillovers into their markets...yet.
"What happens in China will turn out to be far more consequential than any sting that Greece may deliver over the coming weeks or months,'' said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. "As China's equity markets lose their roar, the risk is that demand more broadly on the Mainland could take a hit. That would knock out an essential engine of world demand over the past decade. As dramatic as events in Greece currently appear, however, ultimately, it's difficult to see these proving decisive for the world economy.''
Contd.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/chinese-stocks-just-lost-10-times-greece-s-gdp
