Broad credit growth continued to slide in September and is now at its slowest pace since December 2005. We think credit growth will level off in the coming quarters, as PBOC policy turns more supportive in response to strains in the property sector. But the usual lags mean that tight credit conditions will remain a headwind to economic activity for a while.
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