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Little Trouble in Big China: Asian Slowdown No Cause for Concern - Expert

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According to one Brazilian economist, China’s economic slowdown is merely a result of a structural change in the country’s development model.

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The recent deceleration in China isn't the prelude to an Asian economic meltdown, but rather the result of the Chinese authorities working to implement further structural changes, Livio Ribeiro of the Getulio Vargas Foundation's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE) said on Friday, as cited by the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

According to the Brazilian economist, a combination of factors continues to impact the rise in credit and indebtedness, dating back to 2008 when the Chinese authorities adopted countercyclical measures in order to counteract the effects of the financial crisis.

China is jettisoning its current "developing economy" model of promoting investment and emphasizing exports, and adopting a more "developed economy" model in which domestic consumption and the service sector play a bigger role. Recently, the transition has suppressed the Chinese economy's rapid growth rate.

"I am not concerned with the deceleration of the economy. I would be more concerned if the Chinese government tried to achieve a higher short-term growth rate at any cost," Ribeiro said.

The economist assures that the changes will win the country a more solid position in the global arena.

"In terms of absorption of goods and maybe even services, China is a more relevant player now than it was in the beginning of the 2000s," he claimed.

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"So one must look at the deceleration figures with care, because those figures are not the only important information," he added.

Ribeiro estimates that the Celestial Kingdom's growth rate will fall to a level of 6.0 to 6.2 percent by the end of 2020, but sees no problem for the economy itself if this is the case.

In the first and second quarters of 2015, China's GDP was seven percent, a record low for the past six years. According to statistics for July and August, China's growth is still slowing, despite a decrease in interest rates and other government measures to stimulate the economy.

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