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Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... already lowered interest rates in November and December and is expected to do more. Similarly, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) has reduced its banks' reserve requirements, is injecting funds into the banking system - sending money market rates down ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... and business confidence everywhere else, taking down growth everywhere else. Why do you think the People's Bank of China (PBOC) switched tactics towards a looser policy late last year? Why do you think the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and other central ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... 1 August 2012 to 1 February 2013 - the People's Bank of China had already revealed liquification efforts of its own. The PBOC cut its banks' reserve requirement ratio by 50 bps to 21% effective 5 December. Stock markets around the globe surged, so did ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... economy to be the No. 2 in the world flush down the drain. In fact, they've already reacted. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it's lowering reserve requirements for more than 20 rural cooperative banks by 50 basis points to 16% effective ...

Making the data fit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... in May. Not even when Beijing explicitly showed its displeasure at its seeming impotence to keep rising prices at bay. The PBOC immediately announced that it would lift the reserve requirement ratio for banks by 50 bps effective 20 June. Ochi ('no' in ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Europe and not even China where its central bank just announced the fourth interest rate hike in less than six months. The PBOC lifted the benchmark one-year lending rate by 25 bps to 6.31 percent yesterday. Japan's the only RBA worry. Still, Japan would ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
China's economy is overheating that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) had been tightening monetary policy in order to keep inflation under control. The US economy is not growing fast enough - and measured inflation has, thus far, remained benign - that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... biggest economy. The reserve requirement ratio will be raised by 50 basis points from February 24, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) said. The French bourse also started the day moving up but fell back amid end of week profit-taking. The markets also ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... Council's announcement of its own measures designed to contain rising food and commodity prices. And in case you missed it, the PBOC's decision on the reserve ratio last Friday was the second in as many weeks and number five this year. Yes, you can interpret ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... tightening measures to bring down inflation back to its target of three per cent. And if you think it's not serious, the PBOC already increased both its benchmark lending and deposit rates by 25 basis points each to 5.6 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively ...