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Monthly Archives: July, 2017

Foreign Reserve Growth Dwindles to Thinnest Margin Since Feb

China's foreign reserves growth has narrowed to its lowest level since reversing seven-months of consecutive decline in February, due to seasonal factors and a fall...

Caixin Survey Sees CPI Rising 1.5% YoY in June

Caixin's latest survey of CPI and PPI forecasts finds broad optimism amongst economists for the month of June. The latest Caixin survey of 11 institutional...

China Remains Firmly Committed to State-owned Enterprise System

A headline editorial published by the economics flagship of China's official news agency Xinhua reiterates Beijing's ongoing commitment to the state-owned enterprise system in the form...

China’s Per Capita Residential Space Rose to 40.8 Square Metres in 2016

The latest data from China's National Bureau of Statistics points to an ongoing rise in the country's per capita residential building areas both in...

Housing Price-to-Income Ratio Exceeds 10 Across 16 Chinese Cities

The latest data from Wind Information indicates that the price-income ratio for the housing markets of 16 major Chinese cities is above 10, led...

Zhou Xiaochuan Commits to Stable Neutral Monetary Policy in Second Half of 2017

Zhou Xiaochuan has said that the Chinese central bank will remain committed to stable, neutral monetary policy in the second half of 2017. In speech...

Channel Financing Surges in Tandem with China’s Asset Management Boom

Surging growth in China's asset management market has given the shadow banking sector ample opportunity to engage in "channel financing," prompting regulators to push...

Bank Off-balance Sheet Assets Outstrip On-balance Sheet at over 253tn Yuan

The latest "Financial Stability Report" released by the Chinese central bank indicates that off-balance sheet activity by country's banks continues to grow, despite the...

PBOC Financial Stability Report Warns of Excessive Property Lending

A new report from the Chinese central bank claims that credit creation continues to be excessively concentrated in the real estate sector, leading to...

How Will Bond Connect Shift Chinese Central Bank’s Policy Settings?

The launch of China's Bond Connect program could have a profound impact on multiple facets of Chinese monetary policy by giving overseas investors access...

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