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Annual Liquidity Continues To Rise, But Not Enough To Levitate Domestic Risky Assets

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  • The PBoC reported this morning that aggregate financing rose by 2.43tr CNY in August, above expectations of 2.075tr CNY with new yuan loans rising by 1.25tr CNY (1.5tr CNY exp.).
  • China ‘liquidity’ metric, computed as the annual change in China Total Social Financing (TSF), continues to rise, now up 3tr USD in the past year.
  • Even though a recovery in liquidity has historically had a positive impact on domestic risky assets and some China-sensitive commodities (i.e. copper) or currencies (i.e. AUD), the easing conditions (policy and liquidity) have been barely enough to limit the downside risk on the real economy.
  • The bottom chart shows that liquidity-sensitive sectors such as tech equities have remained 'depressed' despite the sharp rebound in liquidity since the start of the year.
  • Sell-side firms have been constantly reviewed their 2022 forecasts to the downside, with some analysts expecting GDP growth to average 2.5%-3% this year, diverging significantly from China officials 5.5% growth target.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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