Why China Is Suddenly Content with 7.5 Percent Growth |
| BusinessWeek - Mar 5, 2012 |
For years, there’s been one constant for people talking about the Chinese economy: GDP growth would exceed 8 percent. It didn’t much matter what happened in the rest of the world: The U.S. and other export markets might be thriving or might be struggling but China would grow by at least 8 percent, year in and year out. The country needed to create enough jobs for the millions of young people entering the workforce every year, and the Chinese leadership decided that anything below 8 percent would put job creation in jeopardy. And the policymakers were consistent: The last time China had a growth target below 8 percent, George W. Bush was still in his first term and the Boston Red Sox still hadn’t broken the Bambino’s curse.
That 8 percent magic number, though, is now history. At his annual address to open the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on March 5 announced the government has a GDP target of 7.5 percent this year. China hasn’t had a growth target that conservative since 2004.
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- Posted: 2012-03-05 12:41:13
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