This item at The Economist has links to their top 20 charts for the year that officially concludes in about 17 hours. Below is the one that, in my estimation, is the most important.
It should be an interesting year ahead for China as their efforts to slow inflating asset bubbles will be measured against the potential damage that could be done if they go too far. This Bloomberg report detailing diplomatic cables between the U.S. and China released by Wikileaks shows the Chinese government is well aware of exactly what’s going on.
