through government transfers to support economic recovery. The Chinese population might therefore be more reluctant to spend hard-earned savings as opposed to the “easy money” that was given out in the West. Data from a recent quarterly survey done by the People’s Bank of China seems to support this notion and showed that 22.8% of respondents indicated that they will increase their spending as opposed to 58% who noted that they would like to save more in the near future.
Lockdown-induced household savings in China
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Gap between actual and trend savings in China in 2022
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Source: World Bank and Own Calculations
The Chinese population might therefore be more reluctant to spend hard-earned savings
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