Of the Global Economy given so many countries do so much trade with china. Chinese Government Data shows that the value of exports fell 14. 5 compared to the same month a year ago. That suggests the rest of the world is buying less stuff. The value of imports also fell by more than expected, down 12. 4 onjuly a year ago. But that partly reflects a fall in the price of commodities such as crude oil. The figures will concern chinas government, who are grappling with economic growth. The quarterly Growth Figure was just 0. 8 in the april tojune period, as the country continued its post covid recovery. And last month, chinas struggles were cited as a key concern for the Global Economy when the International Monetary fund updated its Global Growth forecast for this year to 3 . David woo is a former imf economist and wall street strategist and has been telling me what he makes of the numbers. You know, like some people are going to say, well, this is just basically a reflection of the curren
an eye on that news conference and bring you any key bets here on bbc news in the next little while. let s head to scotland. across the day we ve been getting a taste of some of the many acts to take the stage at the edinburgh fringe festival. 2023 marks the festival s 76th year, and over that time the event s grown from a handful of performances to a sprawling extravanganza. live now to our reporter courtney bembridge, who is there. i have been experiencing all of the fringe delights today and now we have two very special guests. 0ne have two very special guests. one from iceland and one from manchester. we will start the aunty ginger. mi; manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. y .,, manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. y , manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. g ,., , manchester. we will start the aunty auiner. g i, ., ginger. my “0b is at the my show is at the ginger. my job is at the my show is at the assembly ginger. my job is at the my show is at the a
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