China Hikes Rates in Surprise Move
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China's central bank on Thursday raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade in a surprise move that was the boldest so far aimed at guiding a heated economy onto a path of slower growth.
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China's central bank on Thursday raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, signaling deepening unease with the breakneck pace of development and an intent to reign in a construction boom now sowing fears of runaway inflation.
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China's surprise interest rate rise  weighed down Asian stocks on Friday as investors sold shares of  miners, shippers and other firms whose fortunes have been  closely linked to the country's rapid growth.
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China's already record-high housing prices jumped 10.5 percent in December despite authorities' efforts to cool the boom, but the growth rate slowed slightly, the government said Thursday.
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Inflation in China reached a 27-month high last month, but separate figures for growth in the money supply and loans suggested that the broader economy was not yet overheating.
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China increases its interest rates for the first time since 1995, a move widely seen as a further attempt to prevent its economy from over-heating.
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China raised interest rates on Friday in the latest of a series of tightening steps aimed at keeping inflation in check and preventing the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating.
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China&#39;s hike in interest rates was a double-edged sword for many investors and economists. At one level, it suggested that Chinese growth is
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Chinese stocks have climbed back as the market digests the government's intentions on shares taxation.
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China raised interest rates on Thursday for the sixth time this year, the latest of a series of tightening steps to cap inflation and prevent the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating.
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China&#39;s annual inflation rate dropped sharply in November, providing further evidence that steps to cool the economy are working and reducing the chances in the near term of a fresh rise in interest rates.
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China&#39;s central bank raised interest rates for the second time in less than a month on Friday in an attempt to rein in soaring food prices, excessive bank lending and bubbles in the property and stock markets.
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China's annual inflation rate dropped sharply in November, heartening policy makers who have been striving to cool the economy and reducing chances of a further rise in interest rates in the near term.
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BEIJING : China has decided to raise its benchmark one-year lending rate to 5.58 percent from 5.31 percent with effect Friday, the first such move in nearly a decade, the central bank said on its website.
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Chinese inflation rose in February on  the back of higher food costs, but economists said they did not  expect price pressures to get out of hand despite breakneck  growth and plentiful cash in the banking system.
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China's annual inflation rate dropped  sharply in November, heartening policy makers who have been  striving to cool the economy and reducing chances of a further  rise in interest rates in the near term.
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New Zealand's central bank unexpectedly raises interest rates to 8% sending the currency to a 22-year high.