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CHINA: PBoC speakers have also been active over the weekend, ahead of the annual

NPC gathering:

- MNI POLICY: PBOC Governor Calls More Flexible Money Policies

- The People's Bank of China (PBOC) will step up countercyclical monetary

policies but "with more focus on flexibility", Governor Yi Gang wrote in Qiushi,

the magazine run by the Communist Party's central committee on Saturday.

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- MNI POLICY: China Should Keep Conventional Policies: PBOC's Ma

- China's economy has shown clear signs of recovery in the second quarter and

further accommodative measures can be taken under the current fiscal and

financial framework without adopting drastic easing that incurs long-term

financial risks, Ma Jun, a member of the People's Bank of China's monetary

policy committee, wrote in Financial News on Sunday.

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