The author is Michael Werner, senior research analyst covering the Chinese and Hong Kong banks at Sanford Bernstein & Co. China's July total social financing (excluding bank loans) growth was 85% below the first half monthly average. But new RMB loans, at RMB700 billion, topped market expectations by 9%. We believe that further de-leveraging of […]

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