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The tight fisted Chinese consumer

by Tony Sagami on December 3, 2008

in Asian Market, Housing Market, Stock Market in China

You’ve probably heard the figure thousands of times: roughly 70% of U.S. GDP is consumer spending.

That number is very different in China. In China, consumer spending accounts for only 35% of ChineseGDP.

The reason for the huge difference is simple — the Chinese (as all Asians) save a huge percentage of theirincome.

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