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China’s central government wrapped up the National Financial Work Conference which is held every five years. Not surprisingly, no significant reforms were announced as politicians are reluctant to push major reforms in the face of an uncertain global outlook and a domestic leadership change. Though the conference is meant for strategic long-term planning, the conference memo (based on Premier Wen’s …

PBoC announced Tuesday that both base deposit and lending interest rates are raised by 25bps: While interest rates on demand deposits are kept unchanged, those on time deposits of two years or longer maturity are raised by 46-60bps. Our views: 1)This is a surprise to us and the market consensus. 2)This suggests that 3Q GDP growth in 3Q and September …

BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) — China’s central bank said Friday that all companies qualified for foreign trade activities can conduct cross-border export settlement in yuan. The People’s Bank of China said in a statement on its website that China expanded cross-border trade settlement in yuan to cover all goods exporters in order to “meet market demand and make foreign trade …

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet) — China’s central bank may cut the interest rate in the second and third quarters this year, as the economies in the EU and US slow down further while domestic inflation pressure gradually eases, economists said on Saturday. According to research co-sponsored by Xiamen University and the National University of Singapore, China’s monetary policy is very …

CHINA’S central bank said yesterday it will maintain a prudent monetary policy as the country faces pressure in supporting growth and containing inflation. The remarks, made by an official with the People’s Bank of China, was quoted in a PBOC press release a day after the central bank unveiled a reserve requirement ratio cut to ease a liquidity shortage and …