{"id":202503,"date":"2024-02-16T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=202503"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:33:27","slug":"on-the-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/on-the-rails\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Rails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-going-on-here\"><strong>What\u2019s going on here?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s revelers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/business\/china-s-cny-travel-surge-signals-consumer-spending-pick-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">traveled<\/a>&nbsp;more this Lunar New Year than last, which could finally get the country moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-this-mean\"><strong>What does this mean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s shoppers and travelers have been discovering their thriftier sides lately, eager to keep cash aside in case the economy stays on the slide. But the Lunar New Year brought them back to old habits, with locals making 61% more train trips during the first six days of the holiday than last year. Early indicators seem to show more traffic in the road and skies as well, while the country spent 60% more on online hotel bookings than last year. Although it\u2019s true, Covid lockdowns meant last year wasn\u2019t hard to beat. That said, folk did spend an average of 36% more on Meituan \u2013 a one-stop-shopping platform selling everything from dinners to travel to cinema tickets \u2013&nbsp;every day compared to the pandemic-free holiday period of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-should-i-care\"><strong>Why should I care?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Zooming in:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<em>China\u2019s on a budget.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lunar New Year is China\u2019s biggest holiday, drawing hundreds of millions home to celebrate with family. That makes it a telling indicator of folks\u2019 financial confidence: if they can afford to spend and travel, they will. There\u2019s an emphasis on \u201cspend\u201d, though. Chinese travelers moved around on a budget last year, so even though they took as many journeys as before the pandemic, they spent far less. If they were just as frugal this year, then all that traveling might not pay off \u2013&nbsp;literally \u2013 for the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The bigger picture:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Analysts are window shopping.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mind you, Wall Street reckons China has something going for it either way. Analysts believe that China\u2019s chipmakers will become bigger and better now that the US has banned chip exports, not least because the Chinese government is funneling cash into local producers. Wall Street\u2019s already picking favorites, eyeing up companies like Naura Technology Group and Hygon Information Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Posted February 16, 2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/finimize.com\/content\/on-the-rails\">On The Rails<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s revelers traveled more this Lunar New Year than last, which could finally get the country moving in the right 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