PBOC to ease policy further but retain its grip on RMB

We think the upcoming reduction in banks’ required reserve ratio will be followed by cuts to the policy rate to ensure that interbank rates fall far enough to boost lending. But despite its growing efforts to prop up economic activity, the People’s Bank still seems eager to prevent further currency depreciation.

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