The Chinese Politburo, executive committee of the CCP, gathered for their quarterly meeting on economic affairs on July 23rd.
While the readout from the meeting suggested that the CPP remained confident that China would reach its relatively modest target of 5% GDP growth for 2023, the tone was markedly more pessimistic than April’s meeting.
With sluggish domestic demand and youth unemployment surpassing 20%, last week’s readout was noticeable for admitting to “new challenges” for the Chinese economy.