Starbucks opened its 6,000 store in mainland China in September 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese consumer spending won’t return to pre-Covid levels anytime soon, a problem for international brands such as Starbucks, Morgan Stanley said in a report Sunday. Not only are people more cautious, but they now have more…

Traders react as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is seen delivering remarks on a screen, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, March 22, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The market has long been pricing in interest rate cuts from major central banks toward the end of 2023,…

China’s pandemic-battered economy is starting to see consumers open their wallets wider, according to KraneShares’ Brendan Ahern. “We’re seeing the incremental rebound from the Chinese consumer,” the firm’s chief investment officer told “ETF Edge” this week. “[But] it’s not like turning on a light switch.” The National Bureau of Statistics of China reports retail sales…