executive summary
We believe China’s debt burden, the inevitable rebalancing of the economy,
unfavorable demographics, structural fault lines and the weight of history
will bear down on its growth rates.
As a result, we believe China will be a source
of market volatility not only for 2016, but also
for the next five years, with the highest impact
on emerging market economies. We therefore
recommend clients adjust their exposures to
emerging market assets. Developed economies
will not be immune from any volatility emanating
from China, but the direct and indirect economic
impacts will be lower for them; still, we expect
that financial markets in developed countries will
overreact as they did in August 2015 and again in
early 2016.