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Beijing can launch new stimulus, says IMF

By Sarah O’Connor in Washington and Frances Williams in Geneva

Published: July 22 2009 18:04 | Last updated: July 23 2009 01:27

China has room to launch another stimulus aimed at increasing domestic consumption and swinging the economy away from its dependence on exports, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

The report came even as the World Trade Organisation said China was set to overtake Germany as the largest goods exporter this year, underlining what many economists see as the need for China to export less and consume more.

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