Comments on: China’s Exports More to do with Manipulation than Recovery http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2010/01/13/china%e2%80%99s-exports-more-to-do-with-manipulation-than-recovery.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shashank Nayak http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2010/01/13/china%e2%80%99s-exports-more-to-do-with-manipulation-than-recovery.html/comment-page-1#comment-27470 Shashank Nayak Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/?p=6240#comment-27470 I have a query, and it would be kind of you if you could answer it. In the National Bureau of Statistics site(China) you find that GDP for 2008(unrevised) to be 30.067 trillion yuan; while the GDP for the first three quarters of 2008 to be 20.163 trillion yuan. This means that GDP for the fourth quarter was 9.904 trillion yuan. Now you can see that the contribution of GDP for fourth quarter to the GDP for the whole year is disproportionately large. Say, if the GDP for all four quarters of 2008 was the same as the fourth, then GDP for 2008 would be 9.9* 4 = 39.6 trillion yuan and not 30 trillion yuan. This question has been troubling me for weeks. Could you answer this. I have a query, and it would be kind of you if you could answer it. In the National Bureau of Statistics site(China) you find that GDP for 2008(unrevised) to be 30.067 trillion yuan; while the GDP for the first three quarters of 2008 to be 20.163 trillion yuan. This means that GDP for the fourth quarter was 9.904 trillion yuan. Now you can see that the contribution of GDP for fourth quarter to the GDP for the whole year is disproportionately large. Say, if the GDP for all four quarters of 2008 was the same as the fourth, then GDP for 2008 would be 9.9* 4 = 39.6 trillion yuan and not 30 trillion yuan. This question has been troubling me for weeks. Could you answer this.

]]> By: Denis Hicks http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2010/01/13/china%e2%80%99s-exports-more-to-do-with-manipulation-than-recovery.html/comment-page-1#comment-27434 Denis Hicks Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:29:32 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/?p=6240#comment-27434 It is always sensible to be level headed and realistic about statistics, but the fundamental change in the world driven by China's independence in making economic decisions should never be understimated. Will China ever adjust its behaviour to allow the rest of the world time to rebalance? For its own longer term harmony? It is always sensible to be level headed and realistic about statistics, but the fundamental change in the world driven by China’s independence in making economic decisions should never be understimated.

Will China ever adjust its behaviour to allow the rest of the world time to rebalance? For its own longer term harmony?

]]> By: Derek Hildenbrand http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2010/01/13/china%e2%80%99s-exports-more-to-do-with-manipulation-than-recovery.html/comment-page-1#comment-27411 Derek Hildenbrand Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:36:30 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/?p=6240#comment-27411 Glad to see someone showing the faults of statistics and sensational headlines Glad to see someone showing the faults of statistics and sensational headlines

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