China's Growth Is Slowing? Big Shocker.

The following chart shows the natural log of imports from China divided by disposable personal income. When using natural logs, constant exponential growth is seen as a straight line.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8B66tPGHE-VDgqM4zXUJzCwweGA8tccECNYMOurxSKOIyScj23qC0s4biwfvQkDlvxTW0x4IJ7YjGVPll7yc-Ku9Ye5ofXOeCIq48alb0FLZ2n-tMMUYTBL4KtcyL-CR2PzAkjsmzXx0/s1600/China+Imports+vs.+Disposable+Personal+Income.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8B66tPGHE-VDgqM4zXUJzCwweGA8tccECNYMOurxSKOIyScj23qC0s4biwfvQkDlvxTW0x4IJ7YjGVPll7yc-Ku9Ye5ofXOeCIq48alb0FLZ2n-tMMUYTBL4KtcyL-CR2PzAkjsmzXx0/s320/China+Imports+vs.+Disposable+Personal+Income.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Can you say <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_saturation">market saturation</a>?<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rKV">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

China's Growth Is Slowing? Big Shocker.

The following chart shows the natural log of imports from China divided by disposable personal income. When using natural logs, constant exp...

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