Peace in Our Time

(1) Anti-war slogan. (2) Phasing in a trade deal with China. (3) Manufacturing may be weighed down by too much capacity and aging consumers. (4) No global boom in 2020. (5) The zombie story again. (6) Commodity prices may be signaling better growth ahead. (7) Mixed bag of US economic indicators still adding up to 2% growth. (8) Germany’s auto industry dragging down European manufacturing. (9) The Year of the Pig has been bad for pigs, and Chinese consumers. (10) Real retail sales growth in China remains on downtrend. (11) Children of one-child nation facing big burden as young adults tending to their aging parents’ needs.