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PBoC sticks to script and lowers one-year rate to 2.65% from 2.75% previously

Bankinter : The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) lowers the 1-year funding rate to 2.65% from 2.75% previously (in line with estimates); (ii) Industrial Production +3.5% in May (year-on-year) vs. +3.5% estimated and +5.6% previously; (iii) Retail Sales +12.7% in May (year-on-year) vs. +13.7% estimated and +18.4% previously. Bankinter’s analysis: The PBOC sticks to the script and lowers one-year rates after doing the same on Tuesday with the REPO rate….


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Jackson Hole in the sky

Christian Gattiker, Head of Research, Julius Baer │It is about time: central bankers present their take on the current mess at the Jackson Hole meeting, the prime plat-form for this. The more concerned they are the better. We think concerted central bank action will still avoid a global recession. Warming up to fiscal easing, as in Germany, is the icing on the cake.





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China: Stable Growth Momentum, So Far − Slowdown Ahead

Julius Baer Research| Thanks to significant fiscal support measures, China was able to keep its annual growth rate stable at 6.7% and even accelerate its quarterly expansion rate from 1.2% to 1.8% in Q2 2016. China has several options to manage the expected slowdown ahead: fiscal spending, interest-rate cuts and renminbi devaluation will be able to limit the cyclical risks ahead.



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Pondering China, the People’s Bank of China And QE

Benjamin Cole via Historinhas | Westerners love to hazard guesses on China and that is what they are, guesses. Even a Mandarin speaker in Hong Kong (with whom I recently conversed), with family on the mainland and employed at a large private-equity fund, professes no special insights into opaque China. But China’s central bank, The People’s Bank of China, appears to have eschewed the advice of Western central bankers, and gunned the money presses this summer. Moreover, the PBoC tactic looks to be working.


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China badly needs reshuffling

The Chinese authoritiess’ failure to prevent a stock exchange meltdown is casting serious doubts on economic prospects and so fuelling further losses.