China to Cut Loans as Stocks ‘Bubble’ Grows, Xie Says (Update3)
July 31 -- China may cut growth in new loans by half in the last six months of this year to deflate a bubble in the world’s second-best performing stock market, according to former Morgan Stanley chief Asian economist Andy Xie.
The official Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 53.3 in July from 53.2 in June, the Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said today in Beijing in an e-mailed statement. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion.