Logo 13 Mar 2020

Revenge spending key to economic recovery

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For China’s economy to fully normalize, not only do workers need to get back to the office and factory floor – but consumers need to get out those wallets.
That means the pace of economic recovery hinges largely on “revenge spending” (Bloomberg):

“Store traffic in China is creeping back up aft...