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Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. The Peoples Bank of China again raised the reserve requirement by 50 bps to as much as 18 per cent for major banks. This followed the State Council's ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... very, very afraid for this is the highest inflation rate in China since September 2008. Be afraid... the Peoples Bank of China has already lifted its banks reserve requirement by 50 basis points to 17.5 per cent from 17 per cent last week. Be very, very ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... rate lower by opening up the flood gates by turning on the printing presses." And speaking of China. The People's Bank of China thinks that the Fed's action is "not necessarily optimal for the world... It may cause a lot of negative impacts for the world ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... as global growth slowdown fears re-emerged. And this brings us to the bad news in the global economy. The Peoples Bank of China increased its one-year lending rate by 25 bps to 5.56 per cent and the deposit rise by 25 bps to 2.50 per cent. This is the ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... also to achieve diversified credit and interest rate strategies for our clients as well." This month, the People's Bank of China started allowing offshore financial institutions to invest their holdings of Yuan into the Chinese inter-bank bond markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... closed down 46.14 points, or 1.87 per cent, at 2,424.3. Banks led the falls following the weak debut of Agricultural Bank of China. The second part of the initial public offering takes place in Hong Kong on Friday. In Shanghai, AgBank closed up just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... ended 0.82 per cent higher, narrowing earlier gains as caution prevailed ahead of the mega debut of Agricultural Bank of China. The Shanghai Composite Index was up 20.15 points at 2,470.44 on turnover of 70.2 billion yuan ($A11.77 billion). AgBank -- ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... for the week. SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed up as a large influx of funds not used to subscribe to Agricultural Bank of China's massive initial public offering returned to the market, dealers said. The Shanghai Composite Index was up 55.77 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... mostly downward path of recent weeks, falling 0.25 per cent as investors remained cautious ahead of Agricultural Bank of China's blockbuster trading debut next week, traders said. The Shanghai Composite Index was down 5.97 points at 2,415.15 on turnover ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... warning that China's property market is starting to collapse. No, thank you. Not when reports show that Agricultural Bank of China's US$23 billion IPO is 20 times oversubscribed. Yes, 20 (two followed by a zero). The sidelined US$460 billion (US$23 bil ...