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People's Bank still intervening heavily

China may have recorded a trade deficit last quarter but the pace of its intervention to hold down the renminbi barely slowed. Meanwhile, a rebound in lending last month is consistent with our view that policymakers have relaxed their stranglehold on banks, another sign that tightening may be near an end.

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