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Iron ore, stocks suffer brutal reversal as China hopes dashed

Alex Gluyas

The blistering rally in assets exposed to China reversed sharply on Tuesday after authorities failed to deliver a bazooka-style spending package, raising doubts that Beijing will back up its monetary pledges with real money.

China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, declared on Tuesday that authorities were “fully confident” that they could achieve an economic growth target of about 5 per cent this year.

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Alex Gluyas is deputy markets editor based in the Melbourne newsroom. Connect with Alex on Twitter. Email Alex at alex.gluyas@afr.com

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