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PBoC governor: The deleveraging process has begun

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PBoC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan was in DC for the annual gatherings of the IMF and World Bank this weekend. He spoke about deleveraging:

“China has begun the deleveraging process…the overall leverage ratio is dropping.” 
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