Heads up for a People's Bank of China news conference on Friday, China time

<p>The People's Bank of China will be holding a news conference on Friday, 14 July 2023 at 10am Beijing time</p><ul><li>0300 GMT</li><li>10pm US Eastern time (on Thursday, 13 July 2023)</li></ul><p>Speakers at the presser will include vice central bank governor Liu Guoqiang.</p><p>The media conference will be to address lending data both for for June and for the first half of 2023.</p><p>This should be interesting, although I do expect an upbeat take from Chinese authorities. </p><p>-</p><p>The June data is here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/icymi-china-june-new-bank-loans-jump-more-than-expected-in-the-latest-data-20230711/" target="_blank" rel="follow">China June new bank loans jump more than expected in the latest data</a></li></ul><p>and more here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/china-june-m2-money-supply-113-vs-112-yy-expected-20230711/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">China June M2 money supply +11.3% vs +11.2% y/y expected</a></li></ul>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.