China Signals Bolder Stimulus for Next Year as Trump Returns
- Politburo to take ‘moderately loose’ monetary position in 2025
- Readout comes days before key meeting to set economic goals
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China’s top leaders signaled bolder economic support next year using their most direct language on stimulus in years, as Beijing braces for a trade war when Donald Trump takes office.
President Xi Jinping’s decision-making Politburo vowed to embrace a “moderately loose” monetary policy in 2025, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, signaling more rate cuts ahead and shifting from a “prudent” strategy that’s held for nearly 14 years.