055 | China: keeping the dragon awake

US equities have consistently outperformed global peers – that’s why they’re at the core of investment portfolios worldwide. But past performance is becoming less bankable, especially when policy risk, concentration and valuation premia are taken into account. In this episode, we ...  Show more

Global economic growth will be stretching the limits, according to our latest outlook for 2026 and 2027. Our economists have revised it up to now reach 2.9% in 2026 following a robust 3% in 2025, with the US and China accounting for over two-thirds of the upward revision. In the ...  Show more

The world’s second-largest economy is slowing down. But are concerns overblown? What’s at risk for the global economy? How should policymakers react? The Wall Street Journal’s chief China correspondent, Lingling Wei; economist Adam Posen; and FP’s James Palmer join Ravi Agrawal t ...  Show more

China's economy has been having a tough time. The latest growth figures show the slowest pace of expansion in more than a year. Consumer spending is weak and the property slump is ongoing. The official target of growing the economy by 5% a year is still within reach - thanks to a ...  Show more

China is building the largest power plant the world has ever seen, in a very remote corner of Tibet. But the $167 billion hydropower dam has environmentalists and neighboring countries concerned. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host Menaka Doshi speaks to Bloomberg’s Dan Murtau ...  Show more

This weekend American and Chinese officials are meeting to try and ease tensions over trade after China’s recent decision to restrict rare-earth exports. How has China gained the upper hand? Anxiety about screen time is focused on young people, but the elderly are addicted to dev ...  Show more