You have to wonder why he said this; all he has done is cause a bunch of money to jump ship out of China.
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rcman "Now ? is was this comment in retaliation to RIO's comments on delaying its $5.4billion dollar IO expansion (iron ore shortage) or was the RIO comment made after the 6.5% figure was released ? interesting."
I doubt it, what ever gains they might get by spooking the resources market are lost many times over by the flight of cash from everywhere else. No, I think the answer is more simple, the guy is retarded!
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