This morning, the central bank's MLF operation suddenly cut interest rates: the 7-day reverse repo rate was lowered by 10BP to 1.8% from 1.9%, and the 1-year MLF rate was lowered by 15BP to 2.5% from 2.65%. This MLF interest rate cut was unexpected. From the previous research summary of institutions, basically no institutions expected to directly cut interest rates in the short term, and this MLF interest rate cut was 15 basis points, exceeding the range of previous interest rate cuts, which was significantly higher than expected. However, this action of the central bank is also reasonable. Last week, it was mentioned when interpreting the expectation of RRR reduction. In the short term, because of the demand for funds+the downturn in economic data+debt events, there is a demand for the central bank to ease its policy. Review the previous three MLF interest rate cuts: On June 15, 2023, MLF interest rate will be reduced by 10BP. In June, the economic data was worse than expected, and the real estate data continued to be depressed, so