In case you somehow missed it, China reported year-over-year GDP growth of 6.9%, versus the government’s 7% target. It was the weakest print since the financial crisis. Of course, China’s numbers are more than just a little suspect.
As Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough wrote earlier today:
“Look on the bright side of their storytelling they didn’t stick a 7.0% this time and made-up “6.9%” GDP instead. Lol. Even the locals (who are paid to think a certain way) didn’t buy Chinese stocks on that – Shanghai Comp closes -0.14%.”
A recent Hedgeye headline comes to mind: “The Epic Gong Show That Is China's Shanghai Composite Casino.” For the record, the Shanghai Composite Casino is off nearly 34% since it peaked in June.
Incidentally, one of our latest quarterly macro themes is sagging global growth = #GameOfSlowing, spoofing the popular HBO show Game of Thrones. Our macro team compared China and Emerging markets to the character Eddard Stark who dies early and he does not come back.
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