Saturday, October 13, 2012

AFP — China calls on U.S. and Japan to fix their finances

China said Saturday the failure by Washington and Tokyo to fix their fiscal problems was hurting the global economy, as it called for “bold, swift and decisive action” to reverse a slowdown.
Deputy central bank governor Yi Gang warned the absence of a “credible, medium-term fiscal consolidation in some of the major advanced economies such as the United States and Japan” is unsettling for the world economy.
“Uncertainties related to fiscal sustainability weigh on sentiment and confidence, negatively affecting consumption, investment, and hiring decisions,” Yi said in a statement to a key International Monetary Fund committee.
“The slow recovery in these major advanced economies poses costly spillover effects to the rest of the world,” he added.
Yi said it “remained to be seen” whether monetary easing measures touted by central banks as an elixir for growth would live up to their billing.
“The slowing global recovery suggests that fundamental constraints to economic growth and financial stability remain unresolved,” he said.
“The need for bold, swift, and decisive action to arrest the global slowdown and preserve financial stability is more urgent than ever.”
The statement credited Europe for efforts to fix its debilitating debt crisis, calling it a step in “the right direction”, but added that policymakers must follow through on promised reforms.
“A durable solution to the Euro area crisis would provide a much-needed boost to global recovery,” the statement said.
The Raw Story
China calls on U.S. and Japan to fix their finances
Agence France-Presse

China joins the Moron Club, calls for "fiscal consolidation." Unless this is deception being used as a strategic ploy to get the US, UK, EZ, and Japan to flush themselves down the toilet so that China can take center stage.

3 comments:

paul meli said...

Sure, we can do some fiscal consolidation.

First, let's make China start spending some of it's massive hoard of USD balances back here in the old USA.

Then, let's go all-out to reduce our China imports.

Voila. We won't have to print a bunch of new dollars.

Jonf said...

Flush us all down the toilet. Sounds right, and it might work. Our congress and President all agree we need to seriously reduce out debts. Lets start by not buying from China.

Adam1 said...

To become more fiscally responsible I propose the US tax all non-energy imports 25%. See how long it takes China to change its tune - hehehe.