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Strong credit growth stokes expectations of tightening

Today’s data showing continued rapid lending and very strong import growth will do nothing to calm market concerns that monetary policy in China is falling behind the curve. A rate hike seems imminent. But we believe that policymakers are right to think that inflation will soon be under control.

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