China Seeks to Soothe Markets on Rates
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China sought Friday to soothe concerns over a surprise interest rate rise, its first in nearly a decade and one which is expected to kick off a series of increases to cool growth in the world&#39;s seventh-biggest economy.
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China has less scope than before to raise interest rates and banks' required reserves, making it very tough for policy makers to steer the economy to a soft landing, Vice Finance Minister Li Yong said on Sunday.
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China on Monday emphasized its determination to keep its currency stable despite ongoing pressure from the United States.
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China's central bank on Sunday poured cold water on the idea that the country's economy can decouple from the United States.
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Chinese officials reiterated their country would move toward a flexible foreign exchange rate, but offered no new specifics on the timing in a joint statement issued on Friday after talks with high-level US officials.
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China raised its benchmark interest rates on Thursday for the sixth time this year, the latest in a series of tightening steps to contain inflation and prevent the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating.
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BEIJING : China&#39;s central bank said it would take a &quot;gradual and safe&quot; approach to loosening the yuan-dollar peg, following International Monetary Fund (IMF) calls to let the currency float in a wider margin.
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China's central bank on Sunday poured  cold water on the idea that the country's economy can decouple  from the United States.
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China should raise interest rates to cool the economy and prevent a future buildup of bad loans in the banking system, the Asian Development Bank&#39;s (ADB) Bei-jing representative Bruce Murray said.
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China came under pressure on Saturday   to let its currency rise faster to ease imbalances in trade and   capital flows that pose one of the biggest risks to global   growth.
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G7 finance ministers say China should allow its currency, the yuan, to rise more quickly to ease inflation pressures.
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China announced Thursday it will raise interest rates for most deposits and loans by more than a quarter point - the first rise in nine years - in a move to cool down the torrid Chinese economy.
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China will pursue exchange rate reform, the deputy head of the Chinese central bank pledged here Friday in the face of mounting pressure in the West for Beijing to ease restrictions on its currency.
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China&#39;s central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in 14 years, in a bid to moderate the country&#39;s explosive economic growth.
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Economists say China may need to raise interest rates again in the coming months as it struggles to cool its economy and move toward free-market banking reforms.
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China&#39;s economic planners seemed set Monday to take more potent measures to slow the booming economy, as the government reported the key inflation indicator at 5.3 percent in August.
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China could take action on Friday to cool its red-hot economy by raising interest rates or scrapping a withholding tax on interest income, analysts said on Friday.