Key Points – January Report
Introducing the updated MNI China Money Market Index (MMI), formerly the MNI China Liquidity Index, which has been adapted to reflect the PBOC's monetary policy.
China interbank market liquidity conditions remained ample in September, whilst market participants expect PBOC easing to ease conditions through December, the latest MNI Money Market Index showed.
- The MNI China Money Market Index suggested slightly easier liquidity in January ahead of Lunar New Year.
- The MNI China Money Market Current Conditions Index fell in January
- The MNI China Economic Outlook Index rebounded in January.
The MNI survey collected the opinions of 43 traders with financial institutions operating in China's interbank market, the country's main platform for trading fixed income and currency instruments, and the main funding source for financial institutions. Interviews were conducted from Jan 6 – Jan 17.
