China's fiscal revenues fell by 3.1 percent in November year-on-year thanks to the slowing economy, the Ministry of Finance said today, a trend that has been apparent since September.
Shortly after the central bank released its latest statistics, Li Yang, a prominent expert from the top think tank, explained the implications of the figures and the possible policy changes in the second half.
While oil prices in international markets continue to break new records in the first half, China has only raised the prices of gasoline and diesel by as much as 18 percent, in an effort to keep them artificially low.