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Retirement age increase, import slowdown

The increase in China's retirement age announced today will provide a near-term boost to employment. But it won't do much to counteract long-run demographic headwinds. And while weak domestic demand is partly to blame for China's slowing import growth, sectoral shifts and import substitution have also played important roles.

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