Economics
China Stimulus Pressure Grows as Credit Demand Weakens
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Pressure on Chinese officials to boost stimulus has ratcheted up after credit growth tumbled to the second-lowest amount this year in July amid weak demand and seasonal factors.
Aggregate financing was 1.01 trillion yuan ($143 billion) last month, compared with about 2.26 trillion yuan in June, the People’s Bank of China said late Monday. The median estimate of economists was 1.63 trillion yuan.