At this rate, India can absorb foreign capital and put it to productive use, unlike some of the Southeast Asian economies.

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Indeed, the suspicion is that China's economy is no longer able to absorb much foreign capital.

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One reason China is setting up its sovereign wealth fund now is that huge trade surpluses and a vast reserve of foreign exchange mean it simply has too much cash to absorb into its own economy, and capital controls keep it from investing in liquid assets like American T-bills.

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