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Policy normalisation already well advanced

Monetary conditions are not particularly loose in China and markets may be overestimating the degree of tightening to come. We expect several increases to the required reserve ratio over the next 12 months, but only three benchmark interest rate hikes. In the near term, interbank rates are likely to fall.

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