Troubled Times In The UK & China

Check out the accompanying pdf and chart collection. Executive Summary: In the UK, fiscal and monetary policy are at odds. Massive tax cuts and new spending programs will boost government debt—aggravating inflation even as the BOE is trying to subdue it. Bond Vigilantes clearly disapprove. … In China, the real estate sector is in shambles, and the government’s investments abroad are going belly up. A messy debt restructuring looks likely. The PBOC is hustling to prop up both the falling yuan and the weakening economy, introducing new rules to discourage shorting the currency and easing monetary policy at a time when other central banks are tightening.