BEIJING A raft of Chinese data over coming weeks is expected to show the world's second -
biggest economy cooled slightly in March from the first two months of the year, with the main risk to the outlook now centered on an escalating Sino-U.S. trade spat.
Not exact matches
Countries experiencing the
biggest reductions in expected growth include Brazil and India, whose
economies have
cooled this year; newly industrialized Asian
economies, like Korea and Singapore, hit by a broader global slowdown; and Britain, struck by austerity budgeting.
The
Big Question: Is the Chinese
economy cooling again?
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Of course, incredibly cold winters and massive evidence that global
cooling is a much
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