Renowned independent economist Dr Andy Xie shared insights on the GameStop stock frenzy in his recent SCMP article. The drama unfolding around GameStop is a tale of the internet levelling the playing field between at-home retail investors and Wall Street. The US stock market may become as retail dominated, and as volatile, as the Chinese […]
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Asia, China, Speakers
Covid-19 market bubbles, a creation of the distorted global economy, cannot last
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Feb
Feb
Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist, opined that despite the Fed’s best efforts, such asset bubbles cannot be sustained. Could political instability in the US be the shock that deflates the bubbles? A bubble usually ends with a shock, such as an accounting scandal or rising interest rates. So much helicopter money may indeed lead to […]
Asia, China, Insights, Media, Speakers
Andy Xie: The real economic reforms China needs to become less dependent on exports
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Sep
Sep
In a recent SCMP article, Andy Xie discussed China’s slowing economy and the need to implement reforms to become less dependent on exports. To find a way out of China’s political economy dilemma, there needs to be a massive rise in efficiency. If China shifts from small township urbanisation to megacity development, the money can go […]
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Sep
Sep
In his recent article published in SCMP, Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist warned that the US-China technology war is about to burst the tech bubble. China is an economy that overinvests, while the US overconsumes: a marriage of convenience allowed these two one-legged individuals to lean on each other and keep their balance. But as […]
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Dr Andy Xie’s economic advice for India: Invest in Infrastructure
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Mar
Mar
Dr Andy Xie recently shared insights with Times of India about economic strategies, possible stock market crash and more: I had said pass a land acquisition law for infrastructure. Mandatory acquisition of land that’s what China did almost 30 years ago. Without that you cannot do infrastructure. Without infrastructure, don’t talk about GDP rising, doesn’t make sense. […]
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Feb
Feb
Dr. Andy Xie, leading Shanghai-based independent economist, expressed his concern about Bitcoin in a feature on the South China Morning Post saying “Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme masquerading as a futuristic currency. It was a small bubble until it found China last year. But when the Chinese government launched its crackdown, it was the beginning of the […]