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China acts to crank up credit as lending, economy slow
Feb 19, 2012 00:28 EST
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves on Saturday, boosting lending capacity by an estimated 350-400 billion yuan ($55.6-$63.5 billion) in a bid to crank up credit creation as the world's second-biggest economy faces a fifth successive quarter of slowing growth.
China acts to crank up credit as lending, economy slow
Feb 18, 2012 07:24 EST
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves on Saturday, boosting lending capacity by an estimated 350-400 billion yuan ($55.6-$63.5 billion) in a bid to crank up credit creation as the world's second-biggest economy faces a fifth successive quarter of slowing growth.
China to crank up credit as lending, economy slow
Feb 18, 2012 07:24 EST
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves on Saturday, boosting lending capacity by an estimated 350-400 billion yuan ($55.6-$63.5 billion) in a bid to crank up credit creation as the world's second-biggest economy faces a fifth successive quarter of slowing growth.
China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months
Nov 23, 2011 17:08 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.
China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months
Nov 23, 2011 10:28 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.
China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months
Nov 23, 2011 05:20 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.
China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months
Nov 23, 2011 04:32 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.
China October imports surge as exports wilt
Nov 10, 2011 00:53 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's imports surged in October as exports grew at their slowest rate in months, suggesting efforts to tilt the economy toward domestic demand may be offsetting the external weakness that has dragged on economic growth this year.
China October imports surge as exports wilt
Nov 09, 2011 23:54 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's imports surged in October as exports grew at their slowest rate in months, suggesting efforts to tilt the economy toward domestic demand may be offsetting the external weakness that has dragged on economic growth this year.
China posts trade deficit in sign of rebalancing
Apr 10, 2011 01:42 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China recorded a rare trade deficit in the first quarter of the year on the back of domestic economic strength and rising global commodity prices, the customs administration said on Sunday.
China, India PMIs show inflation pressures
Mar 01, 2011 03:26 EST
BEIJING/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Costs for Chinese and Indian factories jumped in February, pointing to a need for more measures to prevent inflation from undermining the world's two fastest-growing economies, surveys showed on Tuesday.
China raises bank reserves to record in inflation fight
Feb 18, 2011 15:31 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday raised required reserves to a record 19.5 percent, adding to an increasingly aggressive effort by Beijing to stamp out stubbornly high inflation.
China raises bank reserves to record in inflation fight
Feb 18, 2011 08:50 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday raised required reserves to a record 19.5 percent, adding to an increasingly aggressive effort by Beijing to stamp out stubbornly high inflation.
Instant view: China raises bank reserve requirements
Feb 18, 2011 06:10 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Friday that it was raising lenders' required reserves by 50 basispoints, effective Feb 24, its second increase this year.
China inflation data adds to tightening case
Feb 15, 2011 07:10 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese inflation hit a lower-than-forecast 4.9 percent in January, but price pressures excluding food were their strongest in at least a decade and will force the central bank to keep tightening monetary policy.
China inflation data adds to tightening case
Feb 15, 2011 07:10 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese inflation hit a lower-than-forecast 4.9 percent in January, but price pressures excluding food were their strongest in at least a decade and will force the central bank to keep tightening monetary policy.
China trade surplus shrinks, supports government's G20 case
Feb 14, 2011 04:11 EST
BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China's trade surplus fell to its lowest in nine months in January after imports surged, supporting the government's case ahead of a G20 meeting that it is doing enough to spur domestic demand without speeding up currency appreciation.
China trade surplus shrinks, supports government's G20 case
Feb 14, 2011 04:11 EST
BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China's trade surplus fell to its lowest in nine months in January after imports surged, supporting the government's case ahead of a G20 meeting that it is doing enough to spur domestic demand without speeding up currency appreciation.
China's trade surplus dips, taking heat off yuan
Jan 09, 2011 23:58 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's trade surplus narrowed in 2010 for the second straight year, giving Beijing grounds to rebuff U.S. pressure for faster currency appreciation ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington next week.
Analysis: As China raises rates, don't forget the yuan
Dec 27, 2010 08:51 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China was Grinch-like in raising interest rates on Christmas Day, but in fact investors have good reasons to be grateful.