Understanding China’s Economic Indicators: Translating the Data into Investment Opportunities

About the Author

Tom Orlik is a China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where he writes the “Heard on the Street” column. Prior to joining the Journal, he worked for Stone & McCarthy Research Associates as an economist, briefing investors on China’s macro-economic data. Before coming to China, Orlik worked for the British Treasury, including work as a speechwriter for the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, advisor to the UK Executive Director of the IMF, and on secondment to the European Commission in Brussels. He has a Master’s in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, and a Bachelor’s in English from University College London. The head of China’s National Bureau of Statistics Ma Jiantang made Orlik’s 2009 essay ...