China Bank Lending & Broad Credit (Aug.)

Both broad credit and bank loan growth slowed in August, coming in below expectations. (See Chart 1.) While stronger government spending should give the economy a boost over the coming months, that doesn’t seem likely to be helped by any pickup in private credit demand.

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