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Lending, credit (Mar.) & FX reserves (Q1

Credit issuance was unusually weak in March but, with the late Chinese New Year break still casting a shadow, we wouldn’t read too much into this. Meanwhile, the fall in the value of foreign exchange reserves reflects currency fluctuations rather than sales by the People’s Bank. The bigger picture is that its interventions have slowed dramatically.

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