December: end of year conclaves reprise policy mantras
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Risk management mantras dominated the December policy reviews. At the 16 December Central Economic Work Conference officials stressed the need to restrain real estate bubbles: ‘houses are for living in, not speculation’. Downplaying growth, they focused, as ever, on decapacity in the coal and steel sectors. The Central Rural Work Conference, a few days later, warned again on the imperative to resolve gridlocks in land ownership and grain pricing. They sounded again the note of high quality, environmentally friendly production.
December: end of year conclaves reprise policy mantras
December: end of year conclaves reprise…
December: end of year conclaves reprise policy mantras
Risk management mantras dominated the December policy reviews. At the 16 December Central Economic Work Conference officials stressed the need to restrain real estate bubbles: ‘houses are for living in, not speculation’. Downplaying growth, they focused, as ever, on decapacity in the coal and steel sectors. The Central Rural Work Conference, a few days later, warned again on the imperative to resolve gridlocks in land ownership and grain pricing. They sounded again the note of high quality, environmentally friendly production.