China Has 'No Clear Catalyst' for 2026 Policy Rate Cut, GS Says -- Market Talk

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1043 GMT - With China's relative resilience amid the Middle East conflict alongside better-than-expected activity data for January and February, Goldman Sachs economists no longer see a case for a 10bp rate cut in 3Q in its base case scenario. "We continue to see scope for RRR cuts as a preferred high-profile policy tool to support liquidity and facilitate fiscal easing," GS economist Xinquan Chen says in a note, adding that the People's Bank of China has other tools to maintain liquidity. GS maintains its call for a 50bp cut to RRR in 2026 for now. While GS's baseline no longer includes policy rate cuts in 2026, the PBOC could cut rates under a more adverse macroeconomic backdrop, such as a prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a global economic slowdown and softer Chinese exports. (jihye.lee@wsj.com)

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