Analysis: How white-collar wage cuts in China are hurting consumption
Inside Retail
JULY 29, 2023
Cola Yao earns 40 per cent less than last year promoting credit cards for a Chinese state-owned bank, so she buys fewer clothes, less make-up and has cancelled her child’s summer swimming classes. “The cut is severely affecting my life in every aspect,” said Yao. The unexpected austerity comes on the back of China’s slowing economy , complicating efforts for Communist Party leaders who pledged this week to boost workers’ incomes to revive household consumption, a ma
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