Key question KQ-35 · Trade, tariffs and sanctions

In the World Bank series for China's household consumption share of GDP, read on 30 Sep 2033, are any two consecutive annual values from 2026 to 2031 both above 40.0%?

From C-005 Sealed 10 Oct 2026 Resolves by 30 Sep 2033 Open

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  1. Household share by 2031: two years above 2015-2024 range

    35% · unlikely · confidence not registered

    F-0236 · Open

  2. It does not happen

    65%

The situation when it was sealed (10 Oct 2026). The brief's call is that household demand does not turn through mid-2027.

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How the estimates moved: each point is a sealed register row; the figures are in the table that follows.050100%10 Oct 202631 Oct 20261
The vertical line is 31 Oct 2026. Numbers match the outcomes above.
Every sealed estimate for this question: outcome number, register row, date sealed, estimate, status
No.RowSealedEstimateStatus
1F-023610 Oct 202635%Open

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Trade, tariffs and sanctions

  • It is the brief's long test of a turn to households: two years above the 2015-2024 range.

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  • F-0236

    “Happened if, in the World Bank WDI series NE.CON.PRVT.ZS (household and NPISH final consumption expenditure, % of GDP) for China as read on 30 Sep 2033, any two consecutive annual values from 2026 to 2031 are both above 40.0%.”

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  • F-0236 sealed 10 Oct 2026SHA-256 482ffec7546e3acacb0a6aaf91a366aca0daabee77c87a81873c534e2212ea76

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