China’s worsening economic slowdown is rippling across the globe

An electronic board shows Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indexes, at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai. - Reuters

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s economy was meant to drive a third of global economic growth this year, so its dramatic slowdown in recent months is sounding alarm bells across the world.

Policymakers are bracing for a hit to their economies as China’s imports of everything from construction materials to electronics slide. Caterpillar Inc. says Chinese demand for machines used on building sites is worse than previously thought. US. President Joe Biden called the economic problems a "ticking time bomb.”