China Securities Co., Ltd.: Under the "new three highs" economy, value gold's risk-hedging value; focus on structural opportunities in A-shares.

China Securities Co., Ltd. released a research report stating that the global macroeconomy in 2027 is expected to exhibit "high volatility, high pressure, and high divergence." High volatility stems from the Fed's policy path, global AI investment returns, Middle East energy supply, and external disturbances such as El Nio; high pressure is mainly reflected in the high export base, the transformation of the real estate development model, the alignment of local debt-resolution resources, and sovereign debt constraints in developed economies; high divergence is reflected in differences between supply and demand, old and new industries, and AI investment versus profit realization. Macro policy is expected to remain proactive and effective, strengthening central fiscal coordination, domestic demand recovery, mitigation of key risks, and industrial system reform. Asset allocation should emphasize gold's risk-hedging value, structural opportunities in A-shares, and bond coupon income, with focus on technological innovation, major projects, services consumption, and the overseas expansion of competitive manufacturing. In 2026, China's economy maintained overall resilience, but the structural features of strong supply and relatively weak demand remained prominent. GDP grew 4.6% year-on-year in the first three quarters, with industrial production and exports growing rapidly while consumption and investment recovery lagged; industrial goods prices rebounded but transmission downstream was limited, central fiscal spending and government bonds played a stabilizing role, while local fiscal capacity and real-economy credit demand remained weak. In 2026, macro policy accelerated its shift from the "15th Five-Year Plan" strategic deployment to project implementation, with 109 major projects and the "six networks" construction becoming important levers for expanding effective investment. Consumption-boosting policy extended from short-term subsidies to household income growth, service supply, and fiscal-financial coordination; the "AI+" initiative placed greater emphasis on industrial application; construction of a unified national market and anti-involution governance continued to deepen; and reform of the real estate sales and financing systems advanced in parallel. Looking ahead to 2027, the global macroeconomy may exhibit "new three highs." Fed policy, global AI capital expenditure, Middle East geopolitical conflicts, and extreme weather will increase volatility in interest rates and commodity prices; the high export base, adjustment of the real estate development model, alignment of local debt-resolution policy, and overseas sovereign debt pressure will constrain growth; and profitability will diverge further between old and new industries, domestic and external demand, and within the AI industrial chain. Whether the economy can achieve higher-quality recovery hinges on whether domestic demand can absorb the growth momentum of external demand, and whether technology investment can actual productivity and sustained profitability. Policy in 2027 is expected to remain proactive and effective, driving the transition of growth momentum through fiscal-monetary coordination, expanded domestic demand, risk mitigation, and structural reform. On asset allocation, gold retains strategic allocation value; for A-shares, focus on structural opportunities driven by profit realization; for domestic bonds, emphasize coupon income and duration management; for US equities and Treasuries, weigh technology investment returns, interest rates, and fiscal supply; and the RMB may continue two-way fluctuation with a mild strengthening bias. Investment themes should focus on technological innovation, infrastructure pro-cyclicality, consumption upgrading and expansion, and the overseas expansion of competitive manufacturing, with key attention to corporate orders, profit margins, and operating cash flow. Outlook for 2027 global macroeconomic features: the "new three highs" economy The prominent features of the global macroeconomy are evolving from "high inflation, high interest rates, high debt" toward "high volatility, high pressure, high divergence." After the 2008 international financial crisis, the global economy long exhibited a "three lows and one high" pattern of low growth, low inflation, low interest rates, and high debt. Since 2022, post-pandemic supply-demand imbalances, geopolitical conflicts, and rising energy prices pushed global inflation higher, and major developed-economy central banks raised rates rapidly, gradually forming around 20222024 a "three highs and one low" pattern of high inflation, high interest rates, high debt, and low growth. Looking ahead to 2027, global inflation may retreat from earlier peaks, but debt constraints remain, and the risks facing the macroeconomy are shifting further from aggregate constraints of inflation and interest rates to a mix of multiple shocks and structural adjustment. On one hand, monetary policy expectations, geopolitical conflicts, and changes in the technology investment cycle may intensify global economic and financial volatility; on the other hand, adjustment of global demand momentum and debt constraints intertwine with China's resolution of existing risks and industrial transformation pressure, and profit performance across industries and enterprises may diverge further. Therefore, this article summarizes the prominent features of the 2027 global macro environment as "high volatility, high pressure, high divergence"the "new three highs"and focuses on their impact on China's economic operation and asset allocation. (I) High volatility Looking ahead to 2027, the global economy is expected to retain some growth resilience, but uncertainty in macro operations may rise further. Changes in the Fed's policy communication approach, shifts in the AI capital expenditure cycle, Middle East geopolitical conflicts, and extreme weather events will jointly affect global interest rates, asset valuations, and commodity prices. Unlike synchronous fluctuations driven by traditional demand cycles, this round of uncertainty is more a mix of policy expectations, technology investment, and supply shocks, and the transmission of external risks to China's financial markets, export demand, and price levels warrants attention. 1. After weakened forward guidance, Fed monetary policy uncertainty rises In 2026, the Fed gradually weakened ex-ante commitments on future rate paths, and combined with growth resilience and inflation pressure, monetary policy in 2027 faces greater risk of expectation adjustment. In August, Fed Chair Warsh proposed restricting regular forward guidance, emphasizing avoiding excessive commitment to future policy paths and preserving flexibility to adjust policy according to economic conditions. The main purpose of this change is to reduce the market's reliance on pre-set rate paths. Meanwhile, the US economy performed strongly, energy price increases added inflation pressure, and the Fed's policy stance turned cautious again. In September, the Fed raised rates by 25bp, lifting the federal funds target range to 3.75%4.00%; the same period's economic projections further revised up the median policy rate for end-2027 from 3.1% in March and 3.6% in June to 4.1%. The October meeting kept rates unchanged, but two members favored further hikes, reflecting some divergence in policy orientation. Uncertainty over the 2027 rate path stems mainly from the dynamic between growth resilience and inflation retreat, rather than from weakened forward guidance itself. In 2026, US CPI month-on-month fluctuated considerably; the New York Fed's September survey showed one-year inflation expectations rising to 3.9%, and inflation uncertainty has also picked up recently. In addition, the Fed's September projections showed US real GDP growth of 2.4% in 2027, unemployment at 4.1%, and core PCE inflation still at 2.5%, indicating that economic and employment resilience may keep monetary policy fairly restrictive while inflation has not yet fully retreated. Looking ahead to 2027, recovery in energy supply is expected to drive continued inflation improvement, but repeated geopolitical conflicts and core inflation stickiness may increase periodic volatility, making monetary policy adjustment face greater uncertainty. Under the baseline scenario, the Fed is expected to raise rates by 25bp in December 2026 to 4.00%4.25% and keep rates unchanged throughout 2027. Under a hawkish scenario, if inflation retreat falls short of expectations, another 25bp hike may occur in the first half of 2027, raising the year-end target range to 4.25%4.50%. Weakened forward guidance may amplify market sensitivity to economic data and policy signals, causing rate expectation adjustments to precede actual policy changes. Without stable path commitments, markets need to judge policy orientation more from employment, inflation, and economic activity data, and expectation changes may transmit to other assets through short-end US Treasury yields, the dollar exchange rate, and global risk appetite. Even if the Fed keeps the policy rate unchanged at some meetings, financial markets may still see considerable volatility due to adjustments in future rate expectations. For China, such changes will further affect the RMB exchange rate, cross-border capital flows, and risk asset valuations. 2. Volatility from AI expectation repricing Global AI investment remains in an expansion cycle, but with rapid growth in capital expenditure, market focus in 2027 will shift further from investment scale to commercialization returns and capital returns. Since 2026, global tech companies have continued to increase computing infrastructure investment, driving rapid growth in demand for semiconductors, servers, data centers, and supporting power equipment. WTO data show that, by trade value, AI-related goods contributed 47% of the increment in global goods trade in the first half of 2026. Gartner expects global AI-related spending to reach US$3.64 trillion in 2027, up 36.2% year-on-year, with AI infrastructure spending approaching US$2 trillion. As AI expands into enterprise software, agents, and industrial applications, expanded application scenarios and improved technical efficiency are expected to continue releasing demand, and AI remains an important DRIVE for global tech industry investment and economic growth. The divergence between AI's long-term growth potential and short-term commercial returns may become an important source of expectation repricing in the global tech industry and capital markets in 2027. On one hand, AI application scope continues to expand, with some areas showing considerable commercialization potential; on the other hand, revenue growth at some AI companies has already slowed, and a time gap remains between heavy computing investment and realization of commercial returns. A 2026 McKinsey survey showed that 44% of respondents said their companies had achieved enterprise-scale AI deployment, but only 37% reported a positive contribution of AI to operating profit, and only 6% were high-performing AI companies, reflecting that application expansion has not yet broadly translated into significant financial returns. As prior investment gradually becomes operating costs and depreciation burdens, market judgments on AI demand growth, profit realization, and reasonable valuation may diverge further. If commercialization returns fall short of expectations, capital expenditure adjustments may transmit along the semiconductor, server, and data center supply chains, triggering valuation volatility in related assets. For China, AI is both an important growth driver for tech manufacturing exports and industrial upgrading, and a potential source of volatility in external demand and capital market expectations. 3. US-Iran conflict and oil prices: focus on the supply recovery path, rather than simply judging that oil prices will keep rising Middle East geopolitical conflicts continue to disrupt global energy supply, and international oil prices in 2027 may feature a lower price center alongside periodic high volatility. Since 2026, the US-Iran conflict and disruptions to regional energy facilities and shipping lanes have pushed international oil prices up significantly. EIA data show the Brent spot average rose to US$114/barrel in September, briefly reaching US$131/barrel on September 15. As Middle East oil production and transportation gradually recover, EIA expects the Brent average to fall from US$96/barrel in 2026 to US$84/barrel in 2027, but revised the 2027 forecast up by US$10/barrel from September, reflecting that persistent supply constraints and transportation risks still support oil price expectations. The shift in the supply-demand balance from deficit to surplus is the main basis for the lower oil price center in 2027, but this judgment depends heavily on the pace of Middle East production and transportation recovery. Under EIA's baseline scenario, most affected Middle East production is expected to recover to pre-conflict levels by the end of Q2 2027, and the global liquid fuels supply-demand balance shifts from a sustained deficit in H2 2026 to a supply surplus in 2027, with the surplus expected to widen from about 3 million barrels/day in Q1 to about 6.2 million barrels/day in Q4. As supply recovers faster than demand growth, global oil inventories are expected to rebuild gradually, easing spot supply tightness and pushing oil prices lower. This means the main DRIVE of lower oil prices in 2027 is supply repair, not a broad weakening of global energy demand. The main uncertainty in oil prices is that supply recovery and transportation security may be repeated, and price volatility may not decline smoothly along the baseline forecast. If major producers' output recovery and construction of alternative transportation routes meet expectations, the oil price center may gradually decline; if the conflict escalates or key routes such as the Strait of Hormuz are blocked again, the supply gap and transportation risk premium may widen again, causing periodic price jumps. For China, lower oil prices help reduce energy import and downstream production costs, while price reversals may affect PPI and industrial chain profit distribution through raw materials and transportation costs, with transmission to end-consumer prices still depending on domestic demand and pricing mechanisms. Overall, energy price risk in 2027 is more reflected in price reversals and cost shocks under uncertainty over supply recovery, rather than sustained one-way increases. 4. Impact of El Nio on price levels The super-strong El Nio event formed in 2026 may have a lagged impact on global Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group supply in 2027, with some food prices facing structural upside and volatility risk. Monitoring by the National Climate Center shows that a super-strong El Nio event formally formed in September 2026, with the three-month average sea surface temperature index in the Nio3.4 region reaching 2.54C from July to September. NOAA expected in October that the strong-to-very-strong El Nio condition would persist into JanuaryMarch 2027 with a probability exceeding 83%, after which, as sea surface temperature anomalies gradually weaken, the probability of ENSO-neutral conditions in spring rises. However, a weakening climate state does not mean agricultural supply recovers immediately; earlier anomalous weather such as drought and flooding may still affect Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group supply in 2027 through crop growth cycles and yield adjustments. El Nio's impact on international Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group prices shows clear regional differences and time lags, and climate-sensitive commodities such as vegetable oils and sugar warrant key attention. El Nio may reduce precipitation in parts of Southeast Asia, affecting palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia, and given the long oil palm growth cycle, yield impacts may gradually appear months after the climate event; major sugar producers such as India and Thailand may be affected by anomalous monsoon precipitation, thereby changing the sugar supply-demand balance. Historical data show that the El Nio index and international vegetable oil and sugar prices are not always synchronized, and price changes are also affected by energy costs, biofuel demand, inventories, and trade policy. The World Bank expected in October that global food commodity prices would rise by about 7% further in 2027, with the forecast comprehensively considering multiple factors such as climate anomalies, food transportation disruptions, and energy and fertilizer costs. Therefore, climate shocks are more likely to trigger price volatility in some commodities through supply contraction in specific producing areas, rather than driving synchronous increases in all Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group prices. For China, El Nio's price impact is expected to be more reflected in structural volatility in food prices rather than broad inflationary pressure. Price changes in international commodities such as vegetable oils and sugar may transmit domestically through import costs, food processing, and related consumer goods channels, and extreme weather may also affect domestic production, transportation, and water and power supply of some Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group products. However, transmission from international prices to domestic end prices is still affected by factors such as exchange rates, inventory reserves, import adjustment capacity, and market competition, and China's major grain varieties have a certain domestic supply security foundation. Looking ahead to 2027, even if El Nio gradually weakens, supply of some Shenzhen Agricultural Power Group products may still be affected by the lagged impact of earlier climate anomalies. China's overall price level is expected to remain relatively moderate, and key vigilance is needed on repeated price fluctuations in local components such as food and their impact on household living costs and related corporate profits. (II) High pressure In 2027, China's economic growth will still face dual pressure from adjustment of external demand momentum and internal structural transformation. On one hand, rapid export growth in 2026 creates a high base, and changes in global technology investment and international trade policy may affect external demand's support for domestic production; on the other hand, transformation of the real estate development model, local fiscal constraints, and adjustment of existing debt still need time. Meanwhile, sovereign debt pressure in developed economies may affect the domestic financial environment through global interest rates and capital flows. With multiple factors intertwined, growth pressure may be more reflected in demand momentum transition and balance sheet adjustment rather than a single external shock. 1. Impact of falling export growth China's export growth in 2027 may gradually return to normal from rapid growth in 2026, with main pressure from the high base and adjustment in demand growth in some high-boom industries, rather than a broad weakening of global external demand. In the first three quarters of 2026, in USD terms, China's goods exports grew 21.3% year-on-year, of which mechanical and electrical products exports grew 29.0%, accounting for 64.4% of total exports and contributing 17.5 percentage points to overall export growth. Expansion of global technology investment and China's manufacturing competitive advantages jointly supported export growth, but also concentrated export increments in some advantageous industries. Looking ahead to 2027, as concentrated release of earlier orders creates a high base, investment expansion in areas such as AI infrastructure may gradually slow, and combined with international trade policy adjustments and intensifying overseas market competition, export growth in some tech manufacturing sectors may decline. However, China's manufacturing supply chain supporting capacity and diversified market layout will still provide support, and export growth is more likely to show structural divergence across industries rather than broad contraction. Slower export growth may not necessarily lead to a synchronous decline in net exports' contribution to growth, but negative effects transmitted through industrial chains still warrant attention. Exports and imports jointly determine net exports' contribution to growth; even if export growth slows, if import growth slows further, net exports may still maintain a positive contribution. But if import deceleration mainly stems from insufficient domestic consumption and investment, a wider trade surplus does not mean stronger growth momentum. Meanwhile, slower growth in export orders will directly affect corporate production arrangements and procurement of raw materials and components, and affect corporate revenue and profits through upstream and downstream industrial chains. If export order growth slows, related effects may transmit along industrial chains, weakening production expansion, revenue growth, and investment demand of upstream and downstream enterprises. Therefore, even if net exports' contribution to growth remains stable, some export manufacturers and their upstream and downstream enterprises may still face pressure from weaker demand growth, and changes in the trade surplus alone cannot be used to judge the actual support of external demand for the domestic economy. The key impact of external demand adjustment in 2027 lies in whether domestic consumption and investment can effectively absorb export growth momentum. If export order growth slows while domestic demand fails to improve in tandem, some manufacturers may face pressure from lower capacity utilization, intensified price competition, and narrower profit margins; if household consumption and private investment gradually recover, this is expected to ease the impact of external demand deceleration on production and business operations. At the same time, enterprises with technological advantages, diversified overseas market layouts, and strong industrial chain competitiveness are expected to retain some growth resilience. Overall, the change in export growth itself in 2027 is not the only risk to watch; more important is whether external demand's marginal support for domestic production and corporate profits can continue, and whether domestic demand can form an effective. 2. Under the existing-home sales system, real estate moves from drag to deep adjustment In 2027, the real estate market may face dual constraints of weak sales demand and development model transformation, and existing-home sales reform will further change developers' capital turnover and new investment decisions. Compared with the traditional pre-sale model, existing-home sales require developers to bear construction costs for a longer period before obtaining major sales proceeds, increasing project capital occupation and imposing higher requirements on own capital and development financing. Meanwhile, the land market continues to adjust; national state-owned land use right transfer revenue fell from the 2021 peak of RMB8.71 trillion to RMB4.15 trillion in 2025, a cumulative decline of 52.3%; in the first three quarters of 2026 it fell a further 27.9% year-on-year. As new projects gradually apply the existing-home sales system, developers may place greater emphasis on funding security and sales absorption expectations, reducing business models that rely on rapid turnover to expand development scale, and land market recovery will also face certain constraints. Whether financing such as development loans can effectively bridge sales proceeds is an important variable affecting real estate investment in 2027. In the first three quarters of 2026, deposits and advance receipts plus personal mortgage loans together accounted for 45.2% of developers' available funds, while domestic loans accounted for only 13.4% and fell 33.1% year-on-year, indicating that real estate development still relies heavily on sales-related funds and bank financing has not yet formed obvious substitute support. As sales proceeds for some new projects are deferred, if funding sources such as development loans and equity financing cannot be replenished in time, developers may prioritize delivery of projects under construction and destocking of existing inventory, further slowing land acquisition and new starts. The project lead bank system and development loan arrangements matched to construction cycles help ease funding pressure, but actual effects still depend on banks' risk appetite, project sales prospects, and enterprises' own credit conditions. In 2027, real estate investment may continue to lag the recovery in sales, and slower land acquisition by developers will further constrain local fiscal revenue and investment capacity. Currently, the decline in new construction area has clearly exceeded that in new commercial housing sales area, reflecting developers' continued caution on new investment. Even if housing transactions improve later, enterprises may prioritize digesting existing projects and repairing cash flow before gradually restoring new investment, and there is a time lag in transmission from sales recovery to land purchases and new starts. Under the existing-home sales model, longer capital turnover cycles may further suppress land acquisition demand, affecting local government fund budgets through land transaction scale and transfer revenue, and constraining land consolidation, infrastructure, and related public investment spending. Looking ahead to 2027, land transfer revenue is expected to remain under pressure, and some regions reliant on land finance face greater fiscal balance constraints. Overall, whether the drag from real estate on growth can ease in 2027 depends not only on housing sales stabilizing, but more on whether improved capital circulation at developers can drive recovery in new starts, the land market, and local fiscal investment capacity. 3. Local government debt-resolution quotas decline, pressure on LGFV exit In 2027, local government debt resolution enters a policy alignment phase, and the decline in established large-scale swap quotas together with local fiscal revenue constraints may jointly affect local investment capacity. According to the 2024 comprehensive debt-resolution plan, RMB2 trillion of new local government debt limits per year in 20242026 are arranged to swap existing hidden debt, and another RMB800 billion of new special bonds per year in 20242028 are used for debt resolution. As of September 2026, cumulative issuance progress of the RMB6 trillion swap quota had reached 98.3%. As the concentrated swap arrangement concludes, established debt-resolution support will continue in 2027, but without new policy, swap resources will be significantly reduced from earlier levels. At the same time, land transfer revenue continues to contract, and local governments still face considerable funding coordination pressure among existing debt service, livelihood guarantees, and new investment. Earlier debt swaps effectively eased repayment pressure, but market-oriented transformation of LGFVs and recovery of local investment capacity still face constraints. Debt swaps improve debt-service cash flow by lowering financing costs and extending debt maturities, but do not directly increase local fiscal revenue or project operating income. As the government financing function of financing platforms is gradually stripped away, LGFVs will rely more on operating income and their own cash flow for debt service, and divergence in regional fiscal strength, platform asset quality, and refinancing capacity may become more evident. Meanwhile, funds freed up by local governments may be prioritized for debt service and rigid expenditures and may not directly form new investment. Overall, local debt risk in 2027 still has a policy mitigation foundation, but transmission from reduced debt pressure to restored investment capacity still takes time, and central fiscal support, improvement in local fiscal capacity, and progress in LGFV transformation will be important influencing factors. 4. Sovereign debt pressure in developed economies High debt and high interest rates in developed economies reinforce each other, and fiscal financing pressure in 2027 may further constraints on long-term interest rates and asset pricing. In fiscal year 2026, the US federal fiscal deficit was about US$1.99 trillion, with net interest expense reaching US$1.05 trillion, accounting for 19.5% of fiscal revenue, and the debt interest burden continues to worsen. Persistent fiscal deficits mean the government still needs to expand debt financing, and as earlier low-rate debt gradually matures, higher refinancing costs may push interest expense growth, further compressing fiscal policy space. Meanwhile, the US debt ceiling constraint has re-emerged. In July 2025, the US raised the debt ceiling to US$41.1 trillion; as of end-October 2026, remaining headroom was less than US$800 billion, and institutions expect the ceiling may be reached again in 2027. Compared with short-term sovereign default risk, more noteworthy is that the combination of high debt scale, sustained issuance demand, and fiscal policy uncertainty may raise long-term financing costs. Changes in the political landscape after the US midterm elections may further increase uncertainty over 2027 debt ceiling negotiations and long-term rate trends. After the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats gained control of both chambers of Congress, and fiscal policy disagreements between the Trump administration and Congress may widen. If the debt ceiling is reached again in 2027, partisan bargaining over debt limits, fiscal spending, and budget arrangements may make ceiling adjustment face a longer negotiation process, increasing volatility risk in the US Treasury market. Even if the Fed gradually lowers the policy rate in the future, sustained Treasury supply, a higher interest burden, and investor concerns about fiscal sustainability may still limit room for long-end yields to decline. For China, related changes may affect domestic financial markets through US Treasury yields, the dollar exchange rate, and cross-border capital flows. Overall, sovereign debt risk in developed economies in 2027 is not only reflected in long-term fiscal financing constraints, but may also become an important source of volatility in global financial markets due to political bargaining. (III) High divergence In 2027, structural divergence in China's economy may extend further from differences in output growth to corporate profits, operating cash flow, and investment returns. At the industry level, technology demand, price changes, and market competition will continue to differentiate profit performance between old and new industries and within the same industry; at the macro level, production and exports retain some resilience, but domestic demand recovery and investment structure adjustment may still constrain the transition of growth momentum; and the AI industry faces the problem of accelerated technology application not synchronizing with realization of commercial returns. Compared with growth speed itself, whether demand can form sustained revenue and whether enterprises can retain profits will become important bases for judging the quality of economic growth in 2027. 1. Divergence between old and new growth drivers across industries In 2027, industrial growth may continue the pattern of expansion in emerging industries coexisting with adjustment in some traditional industries, but industry profit divergence is not simply "new strong, old weak," and will depend more on market demand, product pricing, and competitive landscape. In the first three quarters of 2026, revenue in the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry grew 21.0% and profit grew 103.8%; revenue in the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew 17.5% and profit grew 79.7%; by contrast, revenue in the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry grew 11.3% but profit fell 5.9%, and revenue in the automobile manufacturing industry grew 2.6% but profit fell 22.8%. Revenue and profit changes across industries diverged markedly, reflecting that technology demand, product prices, and industry competition jointly affect corporate profits. Looking ahead to 2027, emerging areas such as AI and high-end equipment are still expected to benefit from technology upgrading and application expansion, but release of new capacity in some segments may intensify price competition; among traditional industries, enterprises with cost advantages, improved supply-demand conditions, or stronger pricing power may still achieve profit repair, while real estate chain-related industries face continued adjustment pressure. Industrial divergence will extend further from growth speed differences to differences in profit quality and operating cash flow, and whether enterprises can convert revenue growth into sustainable returns will become more important. At end-September 2026, accounts receivable and finished goods inventory of industrial enterprises above designated size grew 10.0% and 11.6% year-on-year respectively, both higher than the 6.6% growth in operating revenue over the same period, and the receivables collection period and inventory turnover days also lengthened, reflecting that some enterprises still face pressure in capital turnover and inventory digestion. In 2027, as earlier industrial investment gradually forms new supply, some industries may face constraints from price competition, rising costs, and longer collection cycles even if they maintain relatively fast output and revenue growth. Compared with simple output and revenue expansion, order sustainability, profit margins, asset turnover efficiency, and operating cash flow will more directly affect enterprises' new investment capacity and profit resilience. Overall, the core of industry divergence in 2027 may no longer be just growth speed, but whether enterprises can maintain stable profits and cash flow amid demand changes and competitive adjustment. 2. Divergence between weak consumption and investment and strong exports and production In 2027, China's economy may continue to show stronger resilience on the production side and relatively slow recovery in domestic demand, but divergence does not occur synchronously across all industries, and structural differences within investment also warrant attention. In 2026, industrial production and exports maintained rapid growth, while consumption and fixed asset investment recovery were relatively insufficient. Within the investment structure, in the first three quarters, investment in purchase of equipment and tools grew 9.7%, while investment in construction and installation fell 10.0%, reflecting that investment demand such as technological transformation and equipment renewal still has support, but traditional construction-type investment continues to face pressure. This means that production expansion and capital expenditure in some emerging areas have not yet synchronously translated into broader improvement in household consumption, private investment, and end demand, and economic growth still faces constraints from demand structure adjustment. Whether the supply-demand divergence can improve in 2027 depends not only on whether the growth gap between production and demand narrows, but more on whether the economy converges through domestic demand repair or production slowdown. If employment income, household consumption, and private investment gradually improve, domestic demand is expected to absorb part of export and production growth momentum, driving inventory digestion, profit repair, and recovery in investment willingness, forming a virtuous cycle in which demand drives production; if external demand growth slows while domestic end demand fails to effectively continue, some industries may achieve passive adjustment through price-cutting competition, reduced production, and compressed investment, further affecting corporate profits and household income. Overall, the key to improving the economic structure in 2027 lies in whether domestic demand can form sustained growth momentum, rather than merely relying on production-side adjustment to narrow the supply-demand gap. 3. Divergence within the AI industry between narrative and implementation In 2027, the AI industrial chain may further show divergence in returns among hardware orders, model services, and end applications, and accelerated technology application does not mean synchronous profit improvement across all segments. From the industrial chain perspective, infrastructure segments such as chips, servers, optical communications, and data center supporting equipment mainly benefit from tech companies' capital expenditure, and order performance is closely tied to the new investment cycle; model and computing service companies need to continuously bear computing, R&D, and operating costs, and their profitability depends on customer demand, service pricing, and cost changes brought by technology iteration; downstream application companies, although capital investment is relatively light, still need business model validation on whether they can form sustained payment, customer retention, and scaled revenue. As AI moves from technology promotion into actual business scenarios, the pace of revenue growth and profit realization in different segments may diverge further. AI's industrial value creation and enterprises' commercial value capture are not necessarily synchronized, and application implementation capability will become an important factor determining industry divergence. From the industrial chain perspective, infrastructure segments such as chips, servers, liquid cooling, and power supply and distribution mainly benefit from capital expenditure expansion, and order growth has strong investment-cycle characteristics; model and computing service segments face constraints such as technology iteration, computing prices, equipment depreciation, and changes in customer demand; whether downstream application companies can achieve sustained profitability depends on product payment, scenario fit, and customer retention. For end industries such as manufacturing, the economic value of AI application is more reflected in improved production efficiency and lower operating costs, but related gains may not fully commercial profits for AI service providers. In 2027, as the "AI + manufacturing" initiative continues to advance, industrial agents, industry models, and enterprise application scenarios are expected to accelerate implementation, and the pricing logic of the AI industry may further shift from technology narrative and capital expenditure expectations to order realization, profitability, and actual productivity improvement, with market performance across different segments of the industrial chain expected to become more divergent. (IV) Policy expectations In 2027, macro policy is expected to continue its overall proactive and effective orientation, and while stabilizing the intensity of fiscal spending, place greater emphasis on coordinated use of policy-based financial tools, fiscal interest subsidies, and structural support policies. Facing slower external demand growth, real estate adjustment, and local fiscal constraints, policy focus is expected to shift from simply expanding funding input to improving the leverage efficiency of fiscal funds, forming a growth-stabilizing through stronger central fiscal support, policy-based financial support, and demand-side subsidies, and appropriately strengthening countercyclical adjustment of capital markets and risks in key areas. Fiscal policy is expected to maintain an official deficit ratio of around 4%, with marginal expansion of broad fiscal financing and regular use of new policy-based financial tools. Under the baseline scenario, the official fiscal deficit in 2027 is expected to be about RMB6.16.3 trillion, new local special bonds about RMB4.64.8 trillion, ultra-long special Treasury bonds about RMB1.21.5 trillion, and total broad new government debt financing about RMB12.112.6 trillion, an increase from the original 2026 arrangement. The RMB800 billion of new policy-based financial tools in 2026 has been fully deployed, and 2027 is expected to arrange another RMB800 billion1 trillion, focusing on supplementing project capital for the "six networks," urban renewal, consumption infrastructure, and technological innovation projects, and leveraging bank matching financing. Fiscal support methods will place greater emphasis on central coordination and fund use efficiency, and alignment between policy-based financial tools and major project reserves is expected to become further institutionalized. Monetary policy is expected to remain moderately loose, with RRR cuts and policy rate adjustments placing greater emphasis on operational flexibility and internal-external balance. Starting in November 2026, the overnight reverse repo rate became an important anchor for the short-end policy rate, helping enhance the precision of short-term market rate regulation. Looking ahead to 2027, considering government bond issuance, credit extension, and bank liability cost constraints, there is expected to be room for a 2550bp RRR cut to provide medium- and long-term liquidity support; if domestic demand and price recovery fall short of expectations, the policy rate may still be moderately lowered, but bank net interest margins and exchange rate stability need to be considered. When the RMB faces rapid appreciation pressure, the central bank is expected to strengthen exchange rate expectation management and use foreign exchange macroprudential tools in a timely manner to prevent one-sided expectations from self-reinforcing and keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level. Real estate policy is expected to lean further toward the demand side and ease the impact of existing-home sales reform on developers' capital turnover and local finances through fiscal-financial coordination. The first-home loan fiscal interest subsidy policy introduced in 2026 set limits on total home price, area, and loan type; if real estate sales remain weak, the policy period is expected to be extended in 2027, with appropriate relaxation of total price, area, or applicable housing scope to increase coverage of upgrade housing demand. On the supply side, the project lead bank system and development loan arrangements are expected to be further improved to ease the pressure of front-loaded construction funds under the existing-home sales model. On local finance, continued contraction of land transfer revenue may prompt the central government to further increase transfer payment support, appropriately activate local government debt balance limits, and support land reserves, acquisition of existing commercial housing, and urban renewal through special bonds, easing constraints on local investment capacity from the decline in land finance. Consumption-boosting policy is expected to extend from goods trade-in subsidies to enhancing household consumption capacity, expanding services consumption, and building consumption infrastructure. On the basis of the consumer goods trade-in policy, fiscal support in 2027 is expected to lean more toward elderly care and childcare, cultural tourism, sports and entertainment, and digital consumption, improving consumption financing conditions and effective supply by continuing personal consumption loan interest subsidies, expanding loan support for service industry business entities, and optimizing consumption infrastructure investment. For regions with more obvious insufficient demand, local governments may issue targeted consumption vouchers based on fiscal capacity and consumption scenarios, and explore digital verification and fiscal-platform coordinated subsidies to improve the actual consumption conversion efficiency of policy funds. Over the medium and long term, it is necessary to improve household consumption expectations through employment and income growth and social security, reducing the limitations of relying solely on short-term subsidies to boost consumption. Industrial policy is expected to shift further from investment expansion to technology application and profit realization, while capital market policy places greater emphasis on stabilizing expectations and improving listed company quality. Around AI, advanced manufacturing, and modern infrastructure, policy is expected to strengthen opening of application scenarios, industry data supply, technology finance, and support for first-set application, promoting translation of technological innovation into actual productivity and commercial returns. Construction of a unified national market and "anti-involution" governance are expected to continue improving the industrial profit environment by regulating local investment attraction, improving fair competition rules, and promoting orderly adjustment of inefficient capacity. In capital markets, stock repurchase and increase-holding relending has shifted to a long-term institutional arrangement, and 2027 is expected to further optimize the use mechanisms of securities, fund, and insurance company swap facilities and repurchase/increase-holding support tools, and enhance capital market stability through medium- and long-term capital entry, improving dividend and repurchase quality, and improving listed company governance. Overall, the key to policy effects in 2027 will shift further from the scale of incremental funds to fund transmission efficiency, endogenous demand repair, and corporate profit improvement. 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