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Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... up reforms "on tackling financial sector risks" to head off a steep correction in the future. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) is on the case. Citing the Chinese central bank's statement following its quarterly meeting, Xinhua news agency recently reported ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... (dictated?) for increased efforts to ward off systemic risks to help maintain financial security. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) have also been working towards this goal by lifting short term interest rates - 7-day, 14-day and 28-day reverse repo ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... bubble before it burst and create financial instability. The latest house price stats show that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) efforts to slow property lending through higher interest rates and subsequent restrictions by local authorities - raising ...

Chinese inflation slows and quickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
People's Bank of China (PBOC) deputy governor Yi Gang's predicted inflation rate of 2% - 3% for this year appears at risk should the recent sharp slowdown in CPI inflation persist over the coming months. Headline inflation increased by a mere 0.8% in ...

China price rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... this is higher than market expectations for a 2.4% gain and the highest inflation rate since May 2014, it remains below the PBOC's 3.0% target. Moreover, this isn't likely to last for according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), much of the ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... the US$4 trillion peak recorded in mid-2014. The reversal in the Chinese yuan's decline in recent weeks indicates that the PBOC's efforts to defend the yuan and stem capital flows are working. Currently, the yuan/US$ exchange rate is at 6.8808, a 1.1% ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... fastest rate of year-on-year increase in producer prices since September 2011. The below-target CPI inflation update allows the PBOC to lower interest rates, especially as the dichotomy between consumer and producer price inflation suggests soft consumer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... since July. China foreign exchange reserves The drain on China's foreign exchange reserves continues. People's Bank of China (PBOC) data show that it held US$3.052 trillion in foreign currency in November, down 2.2% from the previous month and a whopping ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... pp from June quarter growth, respectively. China foreign exchange reserves Figures released by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) showed that the country's foreign exchange reserves dwindled to a greater than expected US$3.19 trillion in August - the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... these three sectors of the domestic economy. Future readings should reveal the first order impact of Brexit on these sectors. PBOC fixes yuan down The People's Bank of China (PBOC) once again recalibrated the yuan's exchange versus the US dollar, fixing ...