Economies of China, Japan show hints of recovering; rest of Asia still struggling

fxgai

With stocks at the Chinese casino down 25% in a couple of weeks, I speculate that China is not going to be in too good shape 6 months from now.

This comment is about a decade late.

Once the effects of Japan's consumption-tax horror fade for good, the economy should be able to recover. That is, barring external factors, like 2008, or another round of dumb domestic political moves, like another tax hike or any other misguided attempt to take money out of the private sector.

With stocks at the Chinese casino down 25% in a couple of weeks, I speculate that China is not going to be in too good shape 6 months from now.