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Michael Pettis: China's Economic Growth Model Is Dying

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The Problem With China's Current Account Surplus

China runs a current account surplus. So they export more than they import. That that can be a very good model. But the problem is that all of this excess savings is running out of investment opportunities. The bad way you can reduce savings is with much slower GDP growth. And that's what China wants to avoid.

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