15.11.2013 - 3 major reasons why China’s commodities super-cycle is toast
Some would argue the super-cycle is already over and in terms of double-digit growth, it almost certainly is. But even Chinese growth of 7% today is sucking up commodities at a faster rate than 10-12% was in 2007, simply because it is 7% of a much bigger GDP number. Miners have taken heart from recent rises in the rate of GDP growth to sustain their belief the economy has bottomed and will continue to rise into next year. And indeed it may: as we wrote recently, the Chinese economy is benefitting from a mini-stimulus this summer that supported investment in infrastructure and seems to have boosted the fortunes of the crucial construction industry...............................................Full Article: Source
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