Investment Weekly
Chart of the week – China’s policy space
China’s annual National People’s Congress got underway in Beijing this week. Against a backdrop of trade tensions and economic headwinds, all eyes were on further policy support. Overall, the plans confirm a Chinese policy put to support growth. In a global context, it comes amid a fiscal sea change in Europe and fading US exceptionalism. Combined, these factors are enabling one of our key investment themes: a “broadening out” in global stock markets, with economic policies highly differentiated across jurisdictions.
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