Preface -- Introduction -- A Review of China’s Economy in 2013 -- Forecast of China’s Economy for 2014-2015 -- Policy Simulations -- Policy Implications and Recommendations -- Comments and Discussion -- A Survey of China’s Macroeconomic Performance in 2014.

This report is a partial result of China’s Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM), a project developed and maintained by the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) at Xiamen University. The CMR is one of the Key Research Institutes of Humanities and Social Sciences sponsored by the Ministry of...

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