2025年10月流动性展望：流动性宽松或为当前债市最大的确定性

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - Liquidity easing is the most certain factor in the current bond market. Although there are some disturbances in October, as long as the central bank's attitude remains unchanged, the impact of tool maturities is relatively limited, and the government bond supply may shrink significantly, which will ease the tax - period disturbances. The probability of monetary policy tightening is low, and the DR001 and DR007 central levels in October are expected to remain slightly below 1.4% and 1.5% [3][66]. 3. Summary According to the Directory 3.1 August: Government Deposits Leaked Heavily, and the Excess Reserve Ratio Dropped to a Low Level - The excess reserve ratio in August decreased by 0.1pct to 1.1% compared with July, lower than the expected 1.4%, mainly due to the 337 billion yuan increase in government deposits instead of the expected decline. This was caused by the slowdown in narrow - fiscal expenditure growth, low broad - fiscal deficit scale, treasury cash fixed - deposit withdrawal, and slow use of replacement bonds [6]. - The central bank's claims on other depository corporations in August were slightly higher than the net funds injected through reverse repurchase, MLF, PSL, SLF, and other structural monetary policy tools. The legal deposit reserve of the central bank was slightly lower than expected, while currency issuance and foreign exchange holdings were close to expectations [15]. 3.2 September: The Central Bank Offset Exogenous Disturbances with Medium - term Liquidity, and the Fundamentals Fluctuated but the Central Level Remained Stable - The broad - fiscal deficit scale in September may be at a relatively high level compared with the same period in previous years. The expenditure of replacement bonds will cause additional leakage of government deposits, and the net financing scale of government bonds will decline slightly compared with August. It is expected that government deposits will decrease by about 810 billion yuan month - on - month, which will supplement liquidity [16]. - In September, bank reserve payments and currency issuance increased seasonally, with the former expected to rise by 310 billion yuan and the latter by 250 billion yuan. Foreign exchange holdings may continue to withdraw about 70 billion yuan in funds [16]. - In the open market, the central bank's net injection of pledged reverse repurchase in September was 390.2 billion yuan, the net injection of outright reverse repurchase was 300 billion yuan, and the net injection of MLF was 300 billion yuan. Assuming that PSL and other structural monetary policy tools had a net withdrawal of about 200 billion yuan, the central bank's claims on other depository corporations may increase by about 790 billion yuan month - on - month. It is expected that the excess reserve ratio in September will be about 1.4%, an increase of about 0.3pct compared with August, similar to June [16][26]. - Although the central bank did not continuously increase the injection during the period of rising funds in September, the average values of DR001 and DR007 in September were roughly the same as those in July - August, indicating that the central bank maintained a relatively loose attitude within the existing framework, and the change in its operation mode may be related to exogenous disturbances and tool positioning adjustments [28]. - Since the beginning of this year, the central bank has increased the scale of policy tool injections to offset exogenous disturbances such as government deposits and bond maturity. Since Q3, the central bank has shifted its injections more towards medium - term outright reverse repurchase and MLF. After the increase in medium - and long - term liquidity injection scale, the central bank has relaxed the control of short - term fluctuations in funds [35]. - In September, the central bank adjusted the 14 - day reverse repurchase to a fixed - quantity, interest - rate tender, and multiple - price winning bid, which may lower the 14 - day reverse repurchase interest rate. After the adjustment, the 14 - day reverse repurchase became a supplement to the 7 - day reverse repurchase, focusing on providing cross - quarter funds [38]. - The lower net lending of banks in September compared with June may be related to the weak sentiment of non - bank institutions and the decline in leverage willingness, which released potential risks in the funds market. The early progress of cross - quarter operations in September was also an important reason for the loose funds at the end of the month [41]. 3.3 October: Disturbances Mainly Come from Maturities and Tax Payments, but the Certainty of Liquidity Easing under the Central Bank's Care Remains Strong - In October, the broad - fiscal revenue and expenditure may show an anti - seasonal deficit, and the supply pressure of government bonds will be significantly weakened. It is expected that government deposits will increase by about 570 billion yuan month - on - month, significantly lower than the same period in previous years. After the National Day holiday, cash reflux may release about 150 billion yuan in liquidity, and the reserve payment base may decrease seasonally by about 30 billion yuan [50]. - In the open market, it is assumed that the balance of pledged reverse repurchase will drop to 2 trillion yuan at the end of October, corresponding to a net withdrawal of about 660 billion yuan in reverse repurchase. MLF and outright reverse repurchase may continue to be over - renewed, with net injections of 100 billion yuan and 300 billion yuan respectively. Assuming that PSL and other structural monetary policy tools have a net withdrawal of about 200 billion yuan, the central bank's claims on other depository corporations will decrease by about 460 billion yuan month - on - month. It is also assumed that the central bank will restart bond purchases of 100 billion yuan. Overall, it is expected that the excess reserve ratio in October will be about 1.2%, a decrease of 0.2pct compared with September, at a neutral level for non - quarter - end months [50]. - The central bank's Q3 monetary policy meeting continued the tone of the Politburo meeting in July. Although the meeting's description of the economy was slightly weakened, it emphasized that monetary policy should promote growth and prices to be at a reasonable level. The probability of reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate cuts in Q4 cannot be ruled out, but the central bank may still need to observe, and potential policy changes need to be observed in important meetings in mid - to late October [64]. - The exogenous disturbances in the funds market in October mainly come from tax periods and the large - scale maturity of policy tools. As long as the central bank's attitude remains unchanged, the impact of tool maturities is relatively limited. The reduction in government bond supply in October will ease tax - period disturbances. The probability of monetary policy tightening is low. It is expected that the central levels of DR001 and DR007 in October will remain slightly below 1.4% and 1.5%, and whether they can become looser still needs to observe the central unified deployment [66].