As Chinese growth appears to be slowing from the statistically above mean performance of 7 percent, and its rivers, streams and lakes become increasingly polluted, there is a commodity the Asian nation depends upon that isn’t typically linked in mainstream economic analysis: water. HSBC’s Hong Kong analyst Wai-Shin Chan notes that China will have “tough trade-offs ahead” as it balances water used to pump up manufacturing with the need for a government to ensure that limited water resources provide citizens food and basic energy security in the future. While the battle is not only seen in government near zero-sum decisions…
China Facing Water Shortage, Threatens Economic Growth, Citizens
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.