China Hard Landing Hits Electricity Consumption

by Wolf Richter
Wolf Street

Chairman of large power company slips, apparently.

OK, we’ve heard the official story. China is transitioning from a manufacturing economy to a consumption-based economy. Consumers are king. They’re going to buy stuff. And that’s going to heat up the economy.

Imports and exports have been plunging for months, but no big deal, Chinese consumers – and there are a lot of them – are going to pull the economy forward. That’s the official story.

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