Dec 19
PBC has started to ease monetary policy to boost the economy
The People’s Bank of China (PBC) announced today that it would cut the one-year benchmark lending rate by 27 basis points from Tuesday (September 16th), while leaving the benchmark deposit interest rate unchanged. In addition, the required reserve ratio (RRR) for small- and medium-sized banks was lowered by 1 percentage point effective on September 25. The RRR will be reduced by 2 percentage points for the same sized banks in areas badly hit by the Sichuan earthquake. However, the RRR for 6
