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Despite the rate cuts, China is anticipated to take further actions to increase confidence and improve economic performance, as this has been a gradually developing issue since the weekend.

At the beginning of the year, there was strong conviction that global demand would see a significant boost following China’s decision to end its zero-Covid policy towards the end of last year. However, only midway through the year, multiple issues are arising and causing a collapse in various areas.

Today, the reduction in interest rates has not had a positive impact on risky investments and may have even had the opposite effect when considering the Chinese yuan and the Australian and New Zealand dollars. The AUD/USD pair has decreased by 0.7% to 0.6800 as its upward momentum slows down, following a near climb to 0.6900 at the conclusion of last week.

S&P 500 futures remain with a decline of 0.2% for the day, while regional stocks in Asia do not offer much optimism. The Hang Seng index has dropped by 1.5%, and stocks in mainland China are relatively unchanged.

The market may be indicating that the rate cuts are not a solution to China’s economic difficulties, but rather a sign of more underlying issues.