LONDON, June 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) - China has good reason to hold back on unleashing big stimulus.
The central bank has made small cuts to interest rates as everything from credit growth to exports disappoint.
For President Xi Jinping, it’s a hard choice between short term gains and his long-term ambition to rebalance the economy.
Even if it does issue such bonds, funds may be indirectly used to help poorer provinces repay debt.
The Chinese government has set a modest GDP growth target of about 5% for this year after missing its 2022 goal.
Persons:
Xi Jinping, Una Galani, Thomas Shum
Organizations:
Reuters, National Institution for Finance, Development, Wall Street, People's Bank of China, Thomson
Locations:
China, Beijing