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What impact will the rate cut have, and what happens next?

We foresee two more cuts in China's benchmark lending rates by the middle of next year but not the sizeable acceleration in credit that would be needed for a substantial pick-up in GDP growth. Mortgage rates should fall a little which will give a further boost to housing sales after the better news of recent weeks but the medium-term outlook for real estate investment remains poor.

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