Kina sin økonomi slet før disse siste tollene ble innført
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chinas-economy-is-clunkers-all-the-way-down-business-household-equipment-subsidies-xi-jinping-65ed6332
A large portion of that fixed-asset investment growth is underpinned by Beijing’s subsidies for manufacturers to upgrade their equipment.
But most of this consumption is driven by a similar cash-for-clunkers program, known as the trade-in scheme. Purchases of household appliances, home-renovation supplies, furniture and other goods covered by the program all far exceeded the average rate of retail sales growth, which means by definition that many other unsubsidized categories grew more slowly.
The Communist Party leadership earlier this month announced that the government will expand the fiscal deficit to 4% of gross domestic product this year, from 3% last year. China will devote some of this additional debt to financial engineering, as Beijing uses complex debt-swap arrangements (I’ll spare you the details) to bring onto the government balance sheet various local-government debts linked to real estate that previously lurked in the shadows.
But a big chunk, perhaps 300 billion yuan ($41.4 billion), is earmarked for the retail trade-in program, double last year’s amount.
Spørsmålet er om økonomien kan håndtere dette uten store utfordringer.