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MNI MARKET ANALYSIS: China Liquidity Continues To Surge, A Positive Signal For Risky Assets?

Executive summary:

  • As China liquidity continues to surge following the PBoC June report data on aggregate financing, investors have been questioning if the counter cyclical policy in China will be enough to stimulate risky assets.
  • In the past cycle, a sharp increase in liquidity has generally been associated with a rebound in world equities and a weaker Dollar.
  • However, with market visibility and conviction so poor at this stage, and with Covid uncertainty clashing with geopolitical risks, implied vol could remain elevated going forward.

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As China liquidity continues to surge following the PBoC June report data on aggregate financing, investors have been questioning if the counter cyclical policy in China will be enough to stimulate risky assets. In the past cycle, a sharp increase in liquidity has generally been associated with a rebound in world equities.

The chart below shows that China ‘liquidity’ has strongly led World equities in the past 15 years.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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