AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoCurrency and Markets: China’s central bank will raise foreign-currency reserve requirements from 4% to 6% on Nov. 15 to temper the yuan’s gains. It also cut the rate on loans supporting share buybacks to 1%, with banks seeking more than 200 billion yuan in funding. Economic Strains: More than 90 mainland-listed property developers lost a combined 53.2 billion yuan in the first nine months, while their revenue fell 25%, underscoring the sector’s prolonged slump. Trade and Consumption: Services trade grew 8.5% to 5.77 trillion yuan in the same period, led by transport services. New government guidelines aim to spur spending and investment through upgrades to shopping, travel and digital infrastructure. Regional Diplomacy: Beijing called avoiding renewed Middle East hostilities a “top priority” after talks with Iranian, Omani and Saudi officials, and said it was discussing a possible Xi-Trump-Putin meeting.
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