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China's Central Bank Moves to Spur Economic Growth
PBOC cuts benchmark one-year lending, deposit rates by 0.25 percentage point
October 23, 2015--Days after reporting its worst economic performance since the global financial crisis, China unleashed a one-two punch to prop up growth while also sweeping away a major control on how banks set deposit rates.
The country's central bank combined a quarter-point cut in benchmark interest rates with a half-percentage reduction in banks’ reserve-requirement ratios, moves aimed at lowering corporate financing costs and pumping liquidity into the economy.
China Said To Scrap Currency Controls By 2020
October 23, 2015--Chinese leaders are set to announce a deadline of 2020 to dismantle currency controls which have kept the world's second-largest economy from fully integrating with global financial markets, Bloomberg reports.
Top leaders in China will convene in Beijing over October 26-29 for the fifth plenary session-a key four-day policy-setting meeting that will be closely eyed by global investors.
October 2015 Indonesia Economic Quarterly: In Times of Global Volatility
October 22, 2015--Heightened global uncertainty has made macroeconomic management more challenging and downside risks to the near-term outlook more pronounced.
The baseline projection for Indonesia's 2015 GDP growth remains at 4.7%. Growth is expected to pick up to 5.3% in 2016, reflecting gradually improving external conditions and higher public investment spending.
The country's growth outlook is subject to considerable risks which include the normalization of US interest rates, continued slowdown in key trading partners, including China, a weakened corporate sector due to currency depreciation and declining profit margins.
The government recognizes the need to improve business confidence and the investment climate in order to enhance growth and has taken several important steps in this direction.
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China's Record Capital Outflows Put Tobin Tax Back on the Agenda
Levy studied as a way to reduce large cross-border flows
Foreign reserves are tumbling as PBOC supports the yuan
October 22, 2015--China has for the second time this month raised the possibility of taxing foreign-exchange transactions as record capital outflows from the world's second-largest economy put pressure on the yuan.
"We are currently studying measures including Tobin Tax, unremunerated reserve requirement and handling fees for foreign-exchange trading to suppress any abnormal and significant flows of short-term funds that seek arbitrage," Wang Xiaoyi, deputy administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said Thursday at a press conference in Beijing.
BetaShares Weekly Newsletter-Where to for Sydney house prices?
October 20, 2015--With the softening in Sydney home auction clearances rates in recent weeks and the surprise decision by Westpac to raise mortgage interest rates by 0.2%, there is growing concern about the outlook for property prices.
This note considers the fundamentals for the Sydney market- the current bellwether market-in particular.
China Liquidity Trap Deters Funds as Debt Trade Fraction of U.S.
October 15, 2015--Investors buy-and-hold safest bonds as few market makers seen
Lack of reliable ratings hinder investors amid default risks
China's efforts to open its $5.9 trillion onshore bond market are being hampered by secondary trading that's less than a quarter of levels seen in the U.S., making global funds wary of being trapped in riskier bonds.
Deutsche Bank Research-Asia-Pacific-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-
October 14, 2015--The Deutsche Bank Markets Research-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Asia-Pac ETF+ Quarterly Directory is available.
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China's "Zombie Companies" Could Slow Economic Growth For Years To Come, Commerzbank Warns
October 13, 2015--China's state-owned banks will support its highly indebted companies, and thus avoid a recession, however, Japan shows that keeping many seemingly "dead companies" (or "zombies") afloat weighs on the long-term growth prospects of a country, of which China is unlikely to quickly recover, Commerzbank says.
The Chinese government attaches at least as much importance to...
China's Finance Ministry Plan Yuan Bond Sales in London
October 13, 2015--All previous offshore issuance of the notes was in Hong Kong
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Offering to proceed after PBOC sells yuan debt in London
China plans to issue yuan-denominated sovereign bonds in London for the first time as it seeks a greater role for its currency in global trade and finance, according to people familiar with the matter.
The sale would be the first offshore issuance of the notes outside of Hong Kong and is expected to take place after the People's Bank of China sells one-year bills in the U.K. capital...
