The monetary softening of the Fed and the Chinese public deficit is auspicious for Bitcoin which remains in ambush under $ 100,000.
The Fed remains dovish
The American central bank remained on stand-by for the second consecutive time. The key rate remains between 4.25 and 4.50 %, and only two drops of 0.25 % are anticipated for 2025, with notable impacts on the economy and cryptos.
In question, inflation anticipations revised upwards. Governors finally saw inflation remain at 2.7 % in 2025. The target of 2 % remains distant, after 2027.
Surprise was the decision to slow down the reduction of its assessment by reselling the debt titles purchased via the famous quantitative EASING ($ 9,000 billion).
As a reminder, the Fed started to reduce its balance sheet to the rate of $ 100 billion per month following the explosion of inflation in 2022. Since then, its balance sheet has reduced by around 1,300 billion treasury bills and 900 billion real estate claims, a decrease of 25 %.
However, the Fed has slowed the pace since last June, going from 100 billion per month to only 60 billion. It is now 40 billion, of which only 5 billion in treasury bills.
In other words, the White House probably put pressure to lower government borrowing rates. In short, the Fed remains on a monetary relaxation trajectory desired by Donald Trump. This is a good omen for Bitcoin.
Soon a QE in China?
The Chinese central bank also remained on stand-by by leaving its key rate to 1.5 %, unchanged for the fifth consecutive month.
According to economists from Barclays,, The persistent weakness of inflation in China, the dush of domestic demand and US customs taxes should encourage Banque Populaire de China (PBOC) to continue its monetary softenings.
Wang Qing, economist at Golden Credit Rating Internationalbelieves that the policy of the new American government is likely to impact Chinese exports and jeopardize the growth objectives of the CCP.
Mr. Wang predicts that the PBOC will lower its rate in the second quarter. According to him, the total drop in rates in 2025 will exceed that of 0.30 % of 2024. In other words, the room for maneuver is fine and that the government will certainly have to increase its expenses to achieve the objective of 5 % GDP growth.
Prime Minister Li Qiang even aims at 7 % growth if inflation dates back 2 %. To do this, it is planned to let the public deficit increase by 3 % to 4 % of GDP. This amounts to increasing spending by 1,300 billion yuan ($ 180 billion) in 2025.
Not enough according to Yu Yongding. The former member of the Council of Governors of the PBOC from 2004 to 2006 recommends launching an QE to rekindle inflation which currently stagnates around 0 %.
Anyway, it is certain that the growth of the Chinese money supply will remain very high.
Bitcoin and money supply
With a China that flirts with the deflation and an America which gently softens its monetary policy, the global money supply will continue its rebound.
The M2 money supply of United States is up +4 % From one year to the next, constantly increasing for 11 months. That of China is up 7 %.
Globally, the overall monetary mass M2 is currently increasing at the rate of 7 % per year. It reaches the equivalent of more than $ 108,000 billion.
However, traditionally, the growth of the money supply fuels the rise in prices of desirable assets as actions, raw materials and bitcoin.
Not to mention the fact that the United States is preparing to accumulate a million bitcoins and that China could follow suit. This is what the Hong Kongist firm Hashkey Capital responsible for an ETF Bitcoin thinks:
For the moment, the markets seem to wait to see the impact of all -round customs taxes. In the meantime, Bitcoin remains solid and many are those which count on $ 200,000 for 2025.
Do not miss our complementary article: Bitcoin worn by the money supply.
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