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Crude Oil Prices Struggle As China Growth Plans Fail to Convince
Worries about Chinese energy demand have been a problem for oil bulls for some time as the world’s number two economy struggles to regain anything like its pre-pandemic vigor. Beijing has announced its intentions to ‘transform’ its development mode, and address endemic overcapacity, but its 2024 growth target of 5% perhaps only served to remind investors that China remains in the slow lane by its own recent standards.
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Crude Oil Prices Struggle As China Growth Plans Fail to Convince
Worries about Chinese energy demand have been a problem for oil bulls for some time as the world’s number two economy struggles to regain anything like its pre-pandemic vigor. Beijing has announced its intentions to ‘transform’ its development mode, and address endemic overcapacity, but its 2024 growth target of 5% perhaps only served to remind investors that China remains in the slow lane by its own recent standards.
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