Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Jason Tan

Economist

Centennial Asia Advisors

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<ul><li>The Chinese central bank unleashed a three-pronged easing measure aimed at arresting the economic decline and the potentially destabilising fall in the equity market.</li><li>Risks are weighted to the downside as diminished entrepreneur confidence and depressed loan demand could hurt investment - 47% of GDP in 2014. Furthermore, continued monetary easing could exacerbate asset bubbles and cause a greater financial fallout.</li><li>The central government is likely to take drastic measures to arrest the slide. Fiscal stimulus and an easing of macroprudential regulations are expected to be on the cards. More importantly, the government must facilitate the shift towards a more sustainable and high quality growth trajectory.</li></ul>

The Chinese central bank unleashed a three-pronged easing measure aimed at arresting the economic decline and the potentially destabilising fall in the equity market.Risks are weighted to the downside as diminished entrepreneur confidence and depressed loan demand could hurt investment - 47% of GDP in 2014. Furthermore, continued monetary easing could exacerbate asset bubbles and cause a greater financial fallout.The central government is likely to take drastic measures to arrest the slide. Fiscal stimulus and an easing of macroprudential regulations are expected to be on the cards. More importantly, the government must facilitate the shift towards a more sustainable and high quality growth trajectory.

Weekend rate cuts reflect a worsening China