Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

What is Keqiang Index’?

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From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Keqiang Index

Mains level: NA

China’s GDP numbers which are preferably represented by Keqiang Index has been recently seen in news amid coronavirus outbreak.

Keqiang Index

  • Li Keqiang index or Keqiang index is an economic measurement index created by The Economist to measure China’s economy using three indicators, as reportedly preferred by Li Keqiang.
  • It uses three other indicators:
  1. the railway cargo volume,
  2. electricity consumption and
  3. loans disbursed by banks
  • Li Keqiang currently the Premier of the People’s Republic of China, suggest the index as better economic indicator than official numbers of GDP.

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