Price of parenting: the household maths giving China’s consumers pause

Qiu Huiying, a human resources manager in Guangdong, worries in numerical terms when she looks ahead to the next decade: a 20-year mortgage, a 10 per cent loss on her property and thousands of yuan in monthly childcare costs that are set to rise. She bought a 624 sq ft flat last year, so her mother-in-law could move in and help care for her son. But the purchase now feels less prudent after prices in the 20-year-old complex have already fallen by about 10 per cent. Like many urban households in.

Par He Huifeng26 July 20261 minute de lectureSouth China Morning Post

Banking & Finance

Price of parenting: the household maths giving China’s consumers pause

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