PBoC: Interest rate stabilises from further downward pressure - ING
|According to Iris Pang, Economist at ING, the People's Bank of China would like to lower the interest rate to cushion against potential adverse impacts from the escalating trade war and unwind some harsh damages (e.g. bonds defaults) caused by financial deleveraging reforms in 1H18.
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“However, when the 1D interbank pledged repo and overnight SHIBOR fell below 2% - which is the level of the US's Fed funds rate upper bound - it triggered capital outflow concerns from the inverted China-US interest rate spread.”
“This could be the reason the central bank has guided the interbank interest rates higher than the 2% level after a sharp fall in the first week of August.”
“The central bank also guided the interest rate on 3M government deposit auction stable at 3.7% in August, the same as July after a sharp fall from 4.73% in June.”
“As we expect another rate hike from the Federal Reserve in September, China's interest rate could be lower than the US again by then.”
“PBoC will have to live with this negative spread because the economy needs lower interest rates to support investments and economic growth in this ongoing trade spat.”
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