Economics

China’s Central Bank Pivots to Easing as Growth Risks Build

  • RRR cut will inject about 1 trillion yuan of liquidity
  • Timing, magnitude of move suggest concerns about GDP outlook
Photographer: Yan Cong/Bloomberg
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China’s central bank cut the amount of cash most banks must hold in reserve, a move that went further than many economists had expected and suggested growing concerns about the economy’s faltering recovery.