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Why Chinese Market Pullback Could Be Good for US Stocks

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Though the stock market trembled over the past week partly on worries that the Chinese government is putting the reins on growth, a decline there could present an opportunity for US investors.

China has raised the level of capital ratios banks must keep on hand, a move that inhibits lending and could slow down an economy that grew at a 10.7 percent clip in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Analysts have seen the move as integral to the slump in the US stock market this week as investors worried that a slowdown in China would affect global growth.

Full story: Why Chinese Market Pullback Could Be Good for US Stocks – CNBC