{"id":354,"date":"2011-08-21T18:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T22:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2011-08-21T18:30:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T22:30:40","slug":"whack-a-mole-imf-not-impressed-with-china-bubble-management-china-real-time-report-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/21\/whack-a-mole-imf-not-impressed-with-china-bubble-management-china-real-time-report-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Whack-a-Mole: IMF Not Impressed With China Bubble Management &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color:#008080;\">[IMF China mission chief Nigel] Chalk argues that China faces a potent cocktail of ingredients pushing house prices up:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#008080;\">High domestic savings, and limited opportunities to take cash offshore<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#008080;\">Limited domestic savings options and bank deposit rates below the rate of inflation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#008080;\">No property tax or capital gains tax, which makes it cheap to buy and hold property<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#008080;\">Rapid growth, high wages and urbanization, which mean real demand continues to grow<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008080;\">The government\u2019s crackdown on high housing prices has had some success. But Chalk believes that the restrictions on speculators introduced so far treat the symptoms, not the causes, of the malaise.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/chinarealtime\/2011\/08\/19\/whack-a-mole-imf-not-impressed-with-china-bubble-management\/?mod=WSJBlog&amp;mod=chinablog\">Whack-a-Mole: IMF Not Impressed With China Bubble Management &#8211; China Real Time Report &#8211; WSJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[IMF China mission chief Nigel] Chalk argues that China faces a potent cocktail of ingredients pushing house prices up: High domestic savings, and limited opportunities to take cash offshore Limited domestic savings options and bank deposit rates below the rate of inflation No property tax or capital gains tax, which makes it cheap to buy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/21\/whack-a-mole-imf-not-impressed-with-china-bubble-management-china-real-time-report-wsj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Whack-a-Mole: IMF Not Impressed With China Bubble Management &#8211; 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