- China unveiled a $586 billion stimulus package Sunday in its biggest move to inoculate the world's fourth-largest economy against the global financial crisis. The Cabinet approved a plan to invest the money in infrastructure and social welfare by the end of 2010, a statement on the government's Web site said. The statement said the spending would focus on 10 areas. They included picking up the pace of spending on low-cost housing -- an urgent need in many parts of the country -- as well as increased spending on rural infrastructure. Money will also be poured into new railways, roads and airports. Spending on health and education will be increased, as well as on environmental protection and technology.
- Credit limits for commercial banks will also be removed to channel more lending to priority projects and rural development, it said.
- Economic growth slowed to 9 percent in the third quarter, the lowest level in five years and a sharp decline from last year's 11.9 percent. That is considered dangerously slow for a government that needs to create jobs for millions of new workers who enter the economy every year and to satisfy a public that has come to expect steadily rising incomes. The slowdown is raising fears that millions of factory workers could be left jobless and could confound China's plans to spread economic development from the prosperous coastal manufacturing areas into poor interior regions.
- Exports have been growing at an annual rate of more than 20 percent but analysts expect that may fall as low as zero in coming months as global demand weakens.
- The U.S. allocated $168 billion earlier this year for tax rebates to individuals and tax breaks for businesses. Germany set aside $29 billion for tax breaks on new cars and credit assistance for companies. Japan allotted $275 billion for loans to small- and mid-sized businesses and discounts on highway tolls among other measures.
Again, we have a company that focuses on Chinese electrical grids and environmental technology - but at 3x EPS it appears too rich for the US market ;)









3 comments:
the world governments sure want the markets to bounce yet so many people still want to fight it. Reminds me of this time last year when every country was raising rates yet everybody just kept blowing it off. Eventually economies just can't keep fighting monetary policy. Just don't see how the world markets aren't sharply higher this time next year.
Well! That was exciting for about 30 minutes! Read about this yesterday and really expected a longer rally off the news. This is not a little stimulus! And it is occurring in a country that still actually has growth (albeit, they spin their economy the same way we spin out war efforts.. )
jegan
Jegan,
I found the whole rally thing a bit predictable but pathetic
so the whole world changes because China throws $500B over next 15 months? 92% of world GDP down, and CHina up and hence we need to buy all the stocks we were selling the past 5 months? Not so much; only on Wall Street.
It's a sick market, and the gyrations are simply not worth playing except for daytraders.
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