Is the People’s Bank about to launch QE?

Unconfirmed reports that the People’s Bank is considering buying local government bonds have sparked talk of impending QE in China. That’s wide of the mark: unlike with asset purchase programs elsewhere, the goal in China may actually be to avoid across-the-board monetary easing.

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