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China’s Central Bank Now Has World’s Largest Balance Sheet

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank Of China, now has the world’s largest balance sheet topping even the European Central Bank (ECB). Only The Federal Reserve is shrinking its balance sheet … for now.

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The PBOC has injected almost $1.1 trillion in the market over the past two days.

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One of the impacts of the balance sheet expansion and repo injections is a reduction in the volatiilty of Chinese stocks. Better known as “numbing volatility.”

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On the sovereign side, China’s yield and swaps curves are kinked.

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Central bank interfernce in markets seem to be never ending.

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