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"As the credit crisis unfolded over the past year, one of the few certainties in the global economy seemed to be China's ability to plough on regardless of double-digit growth rates...The ...crisis has also focused ...on the need to update a growth model that...is still dependent on assembling goods for export without adding much value and on heavy industries that create pollution. Chinese companies have continued to find new foreign markets for their products...several other factors point to a slowing property market...production of steel, cement and air conditioners was down... Retail sales have risen by 23 per cent in each of the last two months".
Beijing's Burden, www.FT.com, by Geoff Dyer, Sept. 23, 2008
-According to the article, ________ is expected to increase and add to China's ________ component of GDP.

Definitions:

Supply and Demand

The fundamental economic model that explains how the market price of a product is determined by the quantity of the product that producers are willing to supply and the quantity that consumers are willing to purchase.

Labor Market

The marketplace where workers offer their services for wages and employers look for workers to hire.

Wages

Remuneration provided to workers for their work, often determined on a per hour, per day, or per piece completed basis.

Rental Price of Capital

The cost of using capital goods for a specific period, reflecting the opportunity cost of utilizing these assets in production.