Premier Li Keqiang’s comments last week prioritising reform over stimulus have taken on added significance in the light of the weekend’s weak activity data. Policymakers are aware that efforts to reverse the economic slowdown would worsen China’s structural problems. As long as the labour market remains healthy, as the best available evidence suggests is still the case, significant policy loosening is therefore still unlikely.
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