China rate cut window opens as patience wears thin
Sept 17 (Reuters) -The writing is on the wall:China's economic recovery is stalling and even robust external demand can't offset the domestic slump. Stronger stimulus can't be delayed further, as more global investors balk.
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup on Monday downgraded their 2024China GDP forecasts to below Beijing's 5%goal, joining a bevy of bearish brokerages. The chorus of analysts calling for stimulus has reached a crescendo as a window for monetary policy easing is about to open domestically, alongside an expected U.S.Federal Reserve rate cut.
This week, expiring medium-term lending facility loans present an opportunity for China to cut the MLF rate again after July'ssurprise move.On Friday, the one-year and five-year loan prime rates are due to be adjusted; hopes are slim that they will be trimmed.
Media reports suggesting a cut in existing mortgage rates made headlines last week, but disenchantment is setting in with nothing announced. House prices extended their year-long decline in Augustand stocks closed atsix-year lows before a long weekend in China.
Evidence of ineffective demand has been corroborated by subsiding industrial production and anaemic retail sales data for August. Meanwhile, deflation is a lingeringthreat.
Beijing has too many troubles ravaging the economy right now, and things might get worse, amid U.S. election uncertainty. If there is nostronger economic action soon, it may take years to convince global investors that China is back.
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Ewen Chew is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own. Editing by Sonali Desai
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