14 Jan 2022 Credit Growth is Grease to the Wheels, not Fuel for the Fire

Craig Botham14th Jan 2022 00:00China+, Daily Monitor, Asia Key Issues

China's money and credit growth improved in December, but this isn't a stimulus surge.
The authorities are laying down the groundwork to bail out swathes of the economy.
We expect the Q4 GDP reading to be the weakest since the start of the pandemic.

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