The main significance of today’s announcement by the People’s Bank (PBOC) that it is cutting standing lending facility (SLF) interest rates is that it is experimenting with a new monetary policy framework. This shift in itself does not constitute monetary loosening but we do believe that the People’s Bank retains an easing bias.
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