China “pushes on a string”

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The Third Plenum is a bust so far for stimulus:

China’s ruling Communist Party pledged to accelerate a new housing model that emphasizes renting and ramps up affordable homes, following a record property slump.

The party’s Central Committee said the new model will promote both renting and buying, in line with its call made since 2017, according to a resolution published by the official Xinhua News Agency on Sunday. China will also build and supply more affordable residences to meet the needs of working-class people, the top leadership said after a key meeting in Beijing.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.