China – first-ever drop in M1
The fall in credit in April, while unprecedented, can be argued away as reflecting a temporary shortfall in official bond issuance. It is more difficult to dismiss the equally unprecedented drop in M1 in the same way.
![China – first-ever drop in M1](/content/images/size/w2000/2024/05/China--M1----YoY.png)
The fall in credit in April, while unprecedented, can be argued away as reflecting a temporary shortfall in official bond issuance. It is more difficult to dismiss the equally unprecedented drop in M1 in the same way.