You don’t need to study Wikileaks US embassy cables on “man-made” Chinese gross domestic product numbers to appreciate that Beijing can be prone to the occasional rounding error. That suspicion tends to be strongest in the run-up to new year, when the nation shuts down for a week’s vacation. Thursday’s data package evoked the Holy Grail for policymakers everywhere: a slight fall in consumer price inflation, combined with strong – but not too strong – growth. Relax! Enjoy yourselves!
你不需要到維基解密(Wikileaks)網站上尋找有關“人造”中國國內生產總值(GDP)的美國使館電文,也能想見北京方面可能偶爾會在四舍五入方面出錯。這種疑心往往在春節之前最為強烈,春節時中國全國將放假一周。無論對什么地方的政策制定者來說,中國周四公布的一批數據都可謂是“圣杯”:消費價格指數(CPI)略有下降,加上強勁(但又不是過于強勁)的增長。放松吧!好好享受一段太平日子吧!