Cheating the SPB game
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Local governments are getting...ahem...creative in spending stimulus money.
Recap: At a May 23 State Council meeting, Premier Li Keqiang ordered that all funds raised from special purpose bonds (SPBs) should be deployed by end-August.
Accelerated SPB deployment is the main pillar of Beijing’s recen...