John Ross
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John Ross is Visiting Professor at Antai College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. From 2000 to 2008 he was Director of Economic and Business Policy in the administration of the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, a post equivalent to the current position of Deputy Mayor. He was previously an adviser to major international mining, finance and equipment manufacturing companies. |
May 12
- What the UK election result means
- The Conservatives have been forced into a deal with the Liberal Democrats because of a long-term decline in their electoral support. But the first peacetime coalition in modern British history will rapidly become unpopular.
April 6
- Early RMB revaluation would hurt the world economy
- John Ross: Timing is crucial. Short term revaluation would be damaging while in the long run the RMB's exchange rate will go up.
March 3
- 'Win-win' and 'lose-lose' policies on China's trade
- A coherent strategy both from China's point of view and for creating a "win-win" situation means avoiding an early RMB revaluation.
February 11
- China is well-placed to contain inflation in 2010
- John Ross: China achieved its 2009 GDP growth target of 8 percent. But spreading capacity shortages mean inflation will be a major challenge in 2010.
January 25
- Who was right and who was wrong on China's economy
- The announcement that China's GDP grew by 8.7 percent in 2009 put an end to the question whether China would achieve the 8.0 percent growth target set at the beginning of the year.
December 31
- Share markets' verdict on Chinese and US economies
- Economists debate the relative performance of the US and Chinese economies. But for many people far more interesting is the profitability of investing in their financial markets.
November 27
- Bogus arguments for RMB revaluation
- One of the main purposes of Barack Obama's visit to China was to press for an increase in the exchange rate of the RMB against the dollar.
November 10
- China-the world's financial superpower
- A new era in global finance began this year as China overtook the US as the world's greatest domestic generator of capital.
