Economics
Meet the Official Tasked With Explaining China's Central Bank
- PBOC economist Ma Jun now a key conduit to outsiders
- Ma joined the central bank from Deutsche Bank in 2014
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The People’s Bank of China, arguably the world’s most opaque major monetary authority, is slowly opening up.
Its mouthpiece: Ma Jun, who in April 2014 made the rare transition from global investment bank to the inner sanctum of China’s bureaucracy. When the PBOC on Aug. 25 needed to explain its fifth rate cut since November, Ma emailed journalists to fill in the blanks.