• CloutAtlas [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Extrapolating the data from the first 9 months (aka first 3 quarters) of 2023 to estimate what the last 3 months provided isn't inflating it? Look at the IMF's data for the US and UK and what OP's graph projects.

    If it's about giving China a handjob why would they inflate the US's GDP as well?

    • deft@lemmy.wtf
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      11 months ago

      It is absolutely inflated do the math yourself. China does not pass 5.

      • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        You can't possibly make that claim without showing your mathematics to disprove it, fam.

        If something rises from 0 to 4.2 in 270 days, how would it not hit at least 5.0 on 365 days?

        You probably think it's a bunch of bots you're arguing with but man, you'll take anti-China articles at face value without ever looking further than a headline but will disregard anything even pro-China as propaganda, I think you might be extremely biased.

        Also while this was happening I found a Reuters article that says also states 5.2% growth in Q4 and it's a criticism of China that it's LOWER

        Like at this stage a sane person would just concede right?

        • deft@lemmy.wtf
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          11 months ago

          A, Go through this post look at how your comrades act. Don't act like I'm the problem here. How many replies and like three of you actually have anything of merit to say. So who is actually insane?

          B, Housing drag plus deflation pressure plus decreasing demand abroad for Chinese goods.

          but the real kicker? Their economy didn't match the prediction at all from last year which wouldn't be huge except experts adjusted their estimates almost monthly for China and that suggests a lot. Mostly that the information being publicly pushed isn't reliable and should be considered unreliable.

          https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/economy/china-economy-challenges-2024-intl-hnk/index.html

          https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-28/china-s-growth-now-seen-below-5-through-2024-on-covid-zero-risk

          https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/12/22/after-bumpy-recovery-chinas-economy-faces-serious-headwinds-in-2024

          https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/24/jpmorgan-citi-goldman-cut-china-gdp-forecast-a-few-times-this-year.html

          China will grow sure. But since the 90s they say every decade they will pass the US and they don't. Because the numbers aren't real even the IMF knows it that's why they have the disclaimer right there underneath the graph y'all are stuck on. They talk about it too.

          All of this could just be me. But foreign investment has slowed into China and that's what I personally look for. Those who know, clearly know.

        • deft@lemmy.wtf
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          11 months ago

          because that's not how they do the math lol

          there is a lot more than that. which is why the number you got and that number is wrong.

          Weird right? You put actual thought in and realize that's not truthful. Interesting huh?

          • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            Ok, let's ignore Reuters because they're probably Chinese shills or the IMF estimating 5.4%, 0.2% higher than the official CCP figure released in Jan because the International Monetary Fund are communist shills as well.

            You've already got it set in your mind, no amount of evidence from even western sources will change your mind, I get it.

            But, hypothetically, it was proven to be 5%. Would you go back and question the sources that told you it wasn't? Or continue to chug along as you are now, taking those sources at face value?

            Chinese journalists who under reported figures 4.8% at the start of Jan found out they were wrong and retracted the articles because it was factually incorrect, western media pounced on it because "Wow China's censoring journalists that says the economy is bad, therefore the only conclusion is their economy is bad, that's the conclusion we're implying here" and then a few days later even Reuters was like "oh yeah it was over 5%" and it's crickets from the people that implied "China SCRUBS CLEAN ALL EVIDENCE OF BAD ECONOMY" you'll continue to remember it as the latter for the rest of your life.

            • deft@lemmy.wtf
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              11 months ago

              Sure just read none of the articles I shared lol.

              Also very cute to pretend to be having a regular conversation just to piss your pants a second later. How about this save this post hit me up in a year let's see if you have the balls to admit you're wrong.

              Spoiler, you won't