The PBOC has clarified that its plans to start trading government bonds are aimed at managing interest rate risk, not conducting QE. This reinforces our sense that large-scale monetary easing remains unlikely. On the fiscal front, a renewed decline in land sales in March, coupled with decreasing LGFV bond issuance, points to waning off-budget fiscal activity. This poses a threat to the current cyclical upturn in growth.
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