China's President Xi Jinping has ordered the country's central bank, the People's Bank of China, to restart treasury-bond trade after a two-decade hiatus. This move comes amid a banking and real estate crisis in China, with speculations of quantitative easing and efforts to lower mortgage rates. The decision is seen as a potential short-term fix until more data is available. Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney also met with Xi Jinping to discuss trade between China and North America.
Old Xi Jinping speech sparks China monetary easing speculation https://t.co/b3DDRHwQtl https://t.co/VpSS6psb6P
⚠️ OLD XI JINPING SPEECH SPARKS CHINA MONETARY EASING SPECULATION Full Story → https://t.co/sTzR0gEkrZ A sentence from a months-old speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping has sparked speculation the central bank might start aggressively buying government bonds to support the… https://t.co/afxmTqSQxZ
Xi is likely going to instruct the PBOC to buy bonds based on this for the first time in several years, but likely only a short term fix...until we see more data https://t.co/zf8m6NUjQs