There was a seasonal pick-up in new lending last month but underlying growth in broad credit continued to slow and is now at its lowest rate in over a decade. Our China Activity Proxy suggests that this pullback in lending has already started to weigh on economic growth, with further declines still to come. Furthermore, there are signs that the PBOC is now reversing course on monetary policy in response.
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