China Slowdown Applies Brakes on Global Growth – WSJ

The world’s factory floor for years, China’s economic slowdown is now applying brakes on global growth, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The widespread lockdowns to rein in the rapid spread of Covid-19 has not only  brought economic activity to a standstill in the world’s largest economy but also sparked runaway inflation and interest rate hikes across the world, the report said.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

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