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1. Business - Banking & Finance

   ECB poised to cut rates to help recession-hit euro zone

   Posted Apr 25th 2013, 12:34pm by Reuters

   ... less likely. The main refinancing rate already stands at a record low of 0.75 per cent, though this is higher than the policy rates of the other major global central banks. “The German ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1222753/ecb-poised-cut-rates-help-recession-hit-euro-zone
2. Banks resume lending spree

   Posted Jan 29th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... to meet the banking regulator's quota set for the full year. The China Securities Journal yesterday said the 1.2 trillion yuan lent so far had overshot the target set by the central bank ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/737054/banks-resume-lending-spree
3. Bank earnings may slow but will still lead the world, says regulator

   Posted Feb 27th 2009, 12:00am by Cary Huang

   ... stimulus package. The surge in credit has led the central bank and the banking regulator to look into whether new loans were used to speculate in stocks. 'After our investigation and general ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/671412/bank-earnings-may-slow-will-still-lead-world-says-regulator
4. Mainland money supply and loans grow

   Posted Jan 14th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... extended 771.8 billion yuan in loans last month, much higher than the 476.9 billion yuan they granted in November and the biggest monthly rise since January last year, the central bank said. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/666864/mainland-money-supply-and-loans-grow
5. Business - Economy

   Time for more easy money

   Posted Apr 30th 2013, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... of price stability. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi may cut his benchmark rate to a record low this week as ebbing price pressures let him deliver more stimulus to the euro area's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1226206/time-more-easy-money
6. Fed and Treasury at odds over true value of the yuan

   Posted Feb 09th 2011, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... an unexpected source: the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis - one of the 12 regional institutions which make up the Federal Reserve system that functions as the US central bank. In a study entitled ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/737730/fed-and-treasury-odds-over-true-value-yuan
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Now is the right time for interest rate reforms in China

   Posted May 16th 2013, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... plus deposit and lending rates for domestic and foreign currencies, the central bank now manages only the upper limit on deposit rates and the lower limit for lending rates, while the floating ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1238364/now-right-time-interest-rate-reforms-china
8. Beijing reaffirms loose fiscal, economic policies

   Posted Aug 08th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... appeared less concerned. Officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the central bank and the Ministry of Finance held a media briefing apparently intent on addressing worries ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/689221/beijing-reaffirms-loose-fiscal-economic-policies
9. New loans by mainland financial firms soar 360pc to 1.53tr yuan

   Posted Jul 09th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Central Bank Jane Cai in Beijing New loans extended by financial institutions on the mainland soared 360 per cent from a year earlier to 1.53 trillion yuan (HK$1.74 trillion) last month, the central bank said yesterday in an attempt to reassure the market of sufficient liquidity and ease fears of lending curbs. The rare release of preliminary monetary figures was aimed at helping ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/686259/new-loans-mainland-financial-firms-soar-360pc-153tr-yuan
10. PBOC aiming for moderate growth in lending by banks

    Posted May 12th 2009, 12:00am by Denise Tsang

    ... rate remained strong at 29.72 per cent, barely changed from March. Deputy governor Su Ning said the central bank would be flexible in deploying tools such as interest rates and reserve ratios ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/680013/pboc-aiming-moderate-growth-lending-banks

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