A scarcity of low-risk assets in China's financial industry is impeding the central bank's plans to expand its monetary policy arsenal by returning to the government bond market after a 17-year absence.

China's scarcity of low-risk assets hinders the central bank’s treasury bond market plans

China`s former finance minister Lou Jiwei suggested that China could restrict the number of banks a single fintech platform can partner with, to prevent any platform from gaining too much market share, state media reported on Sunday.

China could restrict bank tie-ups with fintech platforms, official suggests

The coronavirus outbreak has brought China’s extraordinary, nearly half-century-long run of growth to an end a stark reminder of the enormous task ahead for world leaders trying to restart the global economy.

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