Editorial | China right to warn of inflation threat

Name: China’s economy expands record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021
Uploaded: 2021-06-28T15:16:30.000Z
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Description: China’s economy expands record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021

With the world’s richest countries about to spend their way out of the pandemic crisis, a tougher monetary policy will be required from Beijing as the prospect of higher interest rates looms

Reading Time:2 minutes

Why you can trust SCMP

A shopping street crowded with people in Wuhan on April 4, a year after the world's first coronavirus lockdown was lifted in the city. While the promise of massive fiscal stimulus has helped stabilise markets and the economy for now, any negative long-term effects will spread to other countries. Photo: Kyodo

SCMP Editorial

Published: 11:16pm, 28 Jun 2021Updated: 11:16pm, 28 Jun 2021

Austerity is no longer in the vocabulary of the Group of Seven rich countries. At their latest summit, the G7 leaders agreed that they were ready to spend their way out of the pandemic crisis.

The Europeans and other English-speaking countries are set to follow Washington’s drastic fiscal expansion and stimulus.

Where this will lead is anyone’s guess. Unwelcome hot money, though, is almost guaranteed to slip into developing economies, especially China’s.

No wonder Beijing is worried. Chinese regulators and central bankers have been right to raise alarms about the fiscal responses of rich countries, which have increased inflation risks worldwide.

02:01

China’s economy expands record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021

The actions of some developed countries and their potential side effects do not inspire confidence. US President Joe Biden is pushing for an almost US$6 trillion stimulus package next year.

Select Voice

Choose your listening speed

Get through articles 2x faster

1.25x

250 WPM

Slow

Average

Fast

00:0000:00

1.25x

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Editorial | China right to warn of inflation threat

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} With the world’s richest countries about to spend their way out of the pandemic crisis, a tougher monetary policy will be required from Beijing as the prospect of higher interest rates looms

Editorial | China right to warn of inflation threat

With the world’s richest countries about to spend their way out of the pandemic crisis, a tougher monetary policy will be required from Beijing as the prospect of higher interest rates looms