China could act Friday to curb economy: analysts
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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.
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Investor's Business Daily - Government efforts to cool soaring Chinese stocks sparked heavy selling in Shanghai on Wednesday. But unlike three months ago, global markets took the drop in stride.
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China&#039;s bank lending fell 22 percent last month, suggesting official efforts to cool off the sizzling economy are taking effect, state media reported Tuesday.
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China's economic growth is expected to slow slightly next year to a still robust 10.9 percent, with inflation at 4.5 percent, the central bank's research bureau said in a forecast reported Friday by a government newspaper.
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Investor's Business Daily - Chinese officials on Wednesday debated a plan that gives China&#39;s State Council the power to cut or cancel its tax on bank deposit interest. The 20% tax was imposed in November 1999 to boost spending after the Asian financial crisis.
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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's seventh-biggest  economy.
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Efforts to ease the Chinese economy off the boil are working but rapid exchange rate change is off the agenda, the Chinese president says.
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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's commerce ministry has warned of the threat of protectionism to Sino-U.S. economic ties in response to a decision by two U.S. senators to ditch a controversial bill involving the yuan .
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China can claim some success in the battle to cool its roaring economy in 2004 with a series of macro policies helping prevent another boom-bust cycle, but much remains to be done if Beijing is to avoid increasing wrangles with trade partners.
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Reports on factory orders and the labor market  portrayed an economy that is skirting recession as attention shifts to government figures on employment to be released Friday.
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China's efforts to moderate its economic boom appear to be taking hold, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said Sunday, reiterating Beijing's pledge to consider easing controls on its currency.
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Soaring oil prices may again hijack  Friday's gathering of finance chiefs from the world's top  economic powers, though a U.S. drive to pressure  China over  currency policy was gathering steam on Thursday.
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China'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 can manage to slow its roaring economy to a sustainable level, but only if it avoids loosening curbs on lending and investment too quickly, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
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Interest rate hikes won't slow China's overheating GDP. Expect new controls on investment and credit.
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China is to introduce legislation  against secession, state media reported on Friday, a move  analysts have said is aimed at mandating eventual reunification  with rival Taiwan.