China may be slowing, but it’s still growing. I’m hard-pressed to see any signs of a hard landing in China anytime soon. Real GDP rose 7.7% y/y during Q1-2013, only a bit below the previous quarter’s 7.9% pace. Is that alarming? Not

A string of less than impressive data out of China has raised concerns about Chinese economic growth. A new Bank of America fund manager survey shows that one in four investors thinks a Chinese hard landing is the biggest tail risk. And it is second

Australian mining investment is likely to fall by 20% in the next four years, risking a hard landing for the economy as a resources boom that has powered growth for nearly a decade fades, according to a nongovernment report.

Jim Chanos gave a devastating presentation on China at Mish Shedlock's Wine Country Conference. Chanos has been bearish on China for quite a while.  However, his new presentation is particularly fascinating because it has some pretty graphic car

It only takes one special role to launch a career on the A-list. Landing that role though, that's the hard part. If you want to be somebody in Hollywood, you have to nail your audition. These stars did just that, and their lives haven't been the same

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter was forced to make a 'hard landing' Tuesday during a training exercise near the border area with the north, The Telegraph reports. The heavy-lift transport helicopter was carrying 21 military members ne

Back in December, the Federal Communications Commission wrote to their pals at the Federal Aviation Administration about reconsidering its hard-and-fast rules regarding the use of approved electronics during takeoff and landing. Looks like the FAA mi

Tiffany's, the iconic jeweler famous for its robin's egg blue boxes, reported a healthy fiscal fourth quarter this morning. Earnings came in at $1.40 per share, which was higher than the $1.36 expected by analysts. Strong sales were driven by Asian d

The ongoing and escalating concerns about the EU debt crisis are well known.  But according to Bank of America's latest EM and Asia Fund Manager Survey, Global fund managers are increasingly worried China, . A Chinese hard landing is now the thi

In spite of ongoing stream of positive economic news out of China, a number of economists have been ringing alarm bells with respect to the nation's economic trajectory. China clearly faces some major challenges, but the question remains if the count

While retail spending rose slightly during the fourth quarter, luxury and durable goods sales skyrocketed at the same time.

The rebound in China's economy has helped underpin a rally in global markets. The truth, though, may be less rosy than official data suggest.

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Wednesdaysaid China's economy had dodged a hard landing and wasrecovering well, though future growth would depend on makingmore progress on...

With talk of "tail risks" – like a hard landing in China, the U.S. going over the "fiscal cliff," or a country exiting the euro – fading from the collective discussion, arguably the biggest open question for markets right now is when the

Not long ago, phrases like "China hard landing" and "Euro crisis" kept traders, investors, and policymakers up at night. Sure, many of the related problems have gone unresolved.  But the idea of crises have certainly receded.  And this is r

During the current commodity supercycle, there have been occasions—too many to count—when investor psyche has been damaged by reports about slowing U.S. growth, a hard landing in China or a debt crisis in Europe. Yet just behind the gloom, signif

Speaking with CNN’s Poppy Harlow at Davos, RGE Chairman Nouriel Roubini reiterated the biggest outlying risks to the global economy: U.S. fiscal woes, the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, a potential China hard landing, and geopolitical risk in

Baidu and UBS also make the news.

China recorded its weakest growth in 13 years last year, but a rebound in 2012's final quarter removed any lingering concern that the world's second- biggest economy might be heading for a hard landing.

SYDNEY/SINGAPORE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Nathan Tinkler, whosemeteoric rise made him Australia's pre-eminent coal baron, isset for a crash-landing as his main financial backer movescloser to a sale of the former billionaire's stake in WhitehavenCoal, sou

For some, a Chinese hard landing isn't off the table. But one detail from December's trade report could disappoint those expecting it.  Societe Generale's Wei Yao, who was named the second most accurate forecaster on the Chinese economy by Bloom

China exerts a massive amount influence on commodity markets.  It is said to account for 40 percent of base metal consumption and 23 percent of major agricultural commodities, according to an IMF working paper by Shaun Roache. It's an even bigge

This recent commentary from Societe Generale really cuts to the chase on China’s biggest risks highlighting the two big ones: “Two types of events could trigger a hard landing in China. First, the experience of 2008 showed that the Chine

At least 17 people have been injured as a commuter ferry had a hard landing when it pulled into a Lower Manhattan pier according to MyFoxNY. Watch the live coverage here. First responders are currently taking injured riders off of

Via Wei Yao of Societe Generale, ...and what it means for the rest of the world Following on from our earlier discussion of how a Chinese hard landing would evolve, SocGen now examines how a Chinese hard landing would impact the global economy. They

Via Wei Yao of Societe Generale, Imagine a hard landing in China... The Chinese economy has been enjoying a cyclical rebound since the beginning of Q4 2012. SocGen's central scenario is that this recovery will last until early Q2 2013 and then gradua

Markets are going wild today, but Nouriel Roubini would like to focus on the darker side of things. He just tweeted his 2013 market themes. 2013 themes: ongoing US cliffs, EZ crisis, China hard landing?, Iran/Israel, BRICs slowdown with state capita

By Connie CassWASHINGTON -- Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner decl

A pilot in Brazil took a strange and dangerous approach to landing his aircraft on Friday. After dropping off several parachutists, he began his descent. Rather than approaching the runway on a straight line, he banked hard, turning nearly 180 degree

China’s economy, which pausedearlier this year, is picking up again -- good news for Chinaand for the U.S. and Europe, which need all the externalstimulus they can get. China pessimists aren’t convinced,though. They still see a hard landi

Exports rose 2.9 percent, more than 6 percentage points less than expected, but economists say China has avoided an economic 'hard landing.'

For weeks, China has released a string of encouraging data that suggested China's economy was accelerating once again. And last night's round of data seems to have finally put fears of a hard landing to rest. "Overall, the latest activity data was qu

For much of the year, the big story was that the US economy was the world's strongest, refusing to succumb to weakness, even as Europe went into crisis, and China flirted with a hard landing. Because of this, the US stock market was a star performer.

Depending on what market or macro indication you choose to believe in, China is doing terribly badly or is on a sustainable path to a more domestic consumption-based economy. This weekend's PMIs show the economy is barely limping higher but Industria

The official Chinese PMI for November hit a 13 month high as the country appears to be avoiding a hard landing.   China experienced a year straight of contraction in PMI readings that coincided with a slip in Chinese GDP to its slowest growth in 3 y

By Econ Grapher:The Chinese stock market has had a volatile year, initially rallying before slumping as concerns about a hard landing culminated in speculation on the end of the Chinese economic growth model. If history shows us anything it's that pe

There’s a lot to be pessimistic about with all the downside risks in the macroeconomy.  Europe is teetering on the edge, the fiscal cliff is all anyone can talk about and even China is showing some signs of a hard landing.  But things could a

SAN JOSE -- The holidays are hard on birds, at least those with plump, tasty bodies. But bird-kind can be hard on us too, and not just in Hitchcock films. For the jet-set, birds pose a deadly threat: Flying into an engine during takeoff or landing, t

The risk of a Chinese hard landing is still on many people's minds. However, this isn't keeping Doug Kass out of Chinese stocks. He's buying the Chinese ETF $FXI. For Kass, this represents a turn in his attitude on the country in general and this ETF

By Morningstar: By Patricia OeyEconomic data out of China suggests that a "hard landing" scenario is now fairly unlikely. Industrial production growth rates had been trending down since 2010 but are now stabilizing at around 9%. China's electricity o

By Cam Hui: It should be obvious that China's economy has turned the corner. While we may not necessarily see gang buster growth, the risks of a hard landing are diminishing fast (see my previous posts China dodges a bullet?and Is the World Bank's do

This has definitely been a big theme of the last month or two: The idea that the Chinese economy was no longer hard landing. A fresh batch of data out overnight helps confirm that idea. Via MarketWatch: Retail sales grew 14.5% YOY vs. expectations of

Official and private sector surveys on China’s manufacturing sector suggest the economy is finally perking up, boosting stocks in Shanghai almost 2 percent on Thursday. But exports, the main engine of growth, are still struggling and that means the

Recent economic data out of China has silenced most of the economist warning of a hard economic landing. This as caused China's stock market to rebound in recent periods. However, famed hedge fund manager Jim Chanos warned Bloomberg's Susan Li that o