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Macro planner’s consumption-boosting measures are weak sauce

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On Monday, the macro planner (NDRC) and four other government agencies issued guidelines on “creating new consumption scenarios.”

The document provides vague, handwavy instructions to unlock latent demand by giving consumers more opportunities to spend their cash.

Specifically, the guidelines reco...