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PBoC stress tests bond exposure

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China’s central bank (PBoC) has started stress testing financial institutions’ exposure to bonds.
Some context: The PBoC is concerned that some financial institutions hold too many low-yielding Chinese government bonds (CGBs).

If interest rates rise, the income generated by those institutions’ low-...