Chinese Economics Thread

Maikeru

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Good news IMO. Global art auction houses give me the feeling they are mainly used by Chinese billionaires to launder money out of China.

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A disappointing sale at Sotheby’s Hong Kong suggests that China’s art-buying spree may be over​

Matey, whenever you see some piece of postmodernist crap masquerading as 'art' going for tens of millions, it's money laundering:

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HereToSeePics

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Do you have any sources with a breakdown of China's UST holdings by maturity term?

The weighted average is between 8.5 years to about 10 years according to the US Treasury's own report depending on bond type and entity. That would be for all foreign UST holdings, not specifically China(but should be similar). Report was from 2021 data, so as yields rose, those 8-10 notes likely took a price hit from the 2020 highs.

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The weighted average maturity of all U.S. long-term debt securities held by foreigners is just over 10 years (Exhibit 15). Foreign holdings of long-term Treasury securities are more concentrated at shorter maturities than are holdings of agency or corporate debt, with an average maturity of about 6.5 years. The average maturity of corporate securities is about 11.6 years, while the average maturity of agency securities is more than 25 years. Foreign official holdings have a notably shorter average maturity—8.5 years for total long-term debt securities—compared to about 11.4 years for foreign private holdings.

So the truth is somewhere in between

Much of the reported decline in China’s UST holdings reflects a drop in UST valuations, not sales. China’s UST sales were also offset by china $100B in Agency MBS purchases over the same period

This is wrong because china's UST holdings are mostly short-term, and those are less affected by the rise in rates (which tanks the value of longer term bonds)
 
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SanWenYu

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Numbers are out. There were 826 million trips within the borders in the week long holiday. It's a 4.1% increase comparing to 2019. Total revenue is 753.4 billion yuans, a small increase of 1.5% over 2019. Not sure if inflation has been factored in. It's still not fully recovered if not. But it's getting very close.

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文旅部:中秋国庆假期全国国内旅游8.26亿人次,较2019年增长4.1%​

据文旅部微博消息,2023年中秋节、国庆节假期,文化和旅游行业恢复势头强劲,全国假日市场平稳有序。经文化和旅游部数据中心测算,中秋节、国庆节假期8天,国内旅游出游人数8.26亿人次,按可比口径同比增长71.3%,按可比口径较2019年增长4.1%;实现国内旅游收入7534.3亿元,按可比口径同比增长129.5%,按可比口径较2019年增长1.5%。
 
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