Getting reliable information on the Chinese economy has always been a challenge , but its getting more difficult.
Via Bloomberg (gated) comes the report:
- A series of research reports from Chinese brokerages on the country’s recent bad credit data disappeared from social media over the weekend.
- At least seven research reports from mainland brokerages and securities firms that had been posted to WeChat by analysts were unavailable for viewing on Monday.
- The link to six of the reports now leads to an error message saying the content couldn’t be viewed after complaints about unspecified violations of rules governing public accounts.
I posted on the data here:
It was not good data. Chinese authorities are trying to hush it up.
