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Soft Landing Is China’s Latest Challenge: WSJ

Latest steps include making mortgages more easily obtainable and reducing the amount of cash that banks are required to hold


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With stepped up inspections on food imports, Hong Kong is again following in the footsteps of mainland China on Covid-19 policies. Photo: AFP.

 

Chinese leaders are trying to reverse a sharp growth slowdown without abandoning policies that triggered much of the weakness — a tricky task that could test Beijing’s ability to engineer a soft landing for the economy, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The latest steps include making mortgages more easily obtainable and an unexpected cut this week in the amount of cash that banks are required to hold, which could lower financing costs for businesses.

Read the full report: The Wall Street Journal.

 

 

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.