dollar due to rate differentials with the People’s Bank of China expected to ease its monetary policy further while the Federal Reserve is hinting at more rate hikes to come. It also sees further weakness in the Chinese yuan against the U.S. “With the reopening boost quickly fading, medium-term challenges such as demographics, the multi-year property downturn, local government implicit debt problems, and geopolitical tensions may start to become more important in China’s growth outlook,” they said. Goldman Sachs’ economists added that there are a slew of macroeconomic issues facing the nation. The latest revision from Goldman Sachs follows the likes of UBS, Bank of America and JPMorgan who have all downgraded their China full-year GDP estimates. “With continued challenges from the property market, pervasive pessimism among consumers and private entrepreneurs, and only moderate policy easing to partially offset the strong growth headwinds, we mark down our 2023 real GDP forecast,” economists led by Chief China Economist Hui Shan said in research note Sunday. While the firm sees further stimulus to come, it notes that the measures will not be enough to overcome the greater problems that it faces: weakened sentiment. The recovery from its stringent Covid-19 lockdown measures continue to disappoint through soft economic data, as well as mounting pressure on its property sector. The investment bank cut its full-year gross domestic product forecast for 2023 from 6% to 5.4%, noting further turbulence ahead for the economy. Goldman Sachs became the latest Wall Street bank to downgrade its growth forecast for China, as the world’s second-largest economy stutters and loses momentum after its coronavirus reopening. Goldman Sachs’ economists said that there are a slew of macroeconomic issues facing the nation.The latest revision from Goldman Sachs follows the likes of UBS, Bank of America and JPMorgan who have all downgraded their China full-year GDP estimates.Goldman Sachs cut its forecasts for China’s full-year gross domestic product from 6% to 5.4%.Goldman joins Wall Street banks in cutting China’s growth outlook as post-Covid bounce fades Goldman Sachs slashes China growth forecast as property slowdown bites.Goldman joins Wall Street banks in cutting China’s growth outlook as post-pandemic bounce fades. ![]()
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