BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) — Transformation of the mode of development and economic restructuring are the most pressing tasks at present for the Chinese government, Premier Wen Jiabao said in a government work report Monday. These measures are the “key to solving the problems of imbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable development” in China, said Wen in the report delivered at the …
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Entering the Year of Tiger, enterprises in the world’s largest coal producer, China, are more and more seeking overseas coal. The unexpectedly massive onslaught of snow and ice in the country’s northern reaches has caused coal shortages in the southeast and is strengthening the determination of Chinese firms to go after overseas resources. As transportation from inland mines to the southeast …
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PBoC announced Tuesday that both base deposit and lending interest rates are raised by 25bps: While interest rates on demand deposits are kept unchanged, those on time deposits of two years or longer maturity are raised by 46-60bps. Our views: 1)This is a surprise to us and the market consensus. 2)This suggests that 3Q GDP growth in 3Q and September …
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China’s activity data were just released. Both production (IP growth) and demand (investment and retail sales) data suggest China is on track for a soft landing. The market could gain more confidence in the resilience of the Chinese economy, and needs to put less hope on an imminent monetary policy easing (other than some possible measures to offset the RRR …
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Asian currencies advanced for a third week after reports signaled a pickup in U.S. economic growth, spurring inflows into emerging-market assets. The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index (ADXY), which tracks the region’s 10 most-active currencies excluding the yen, added to this year’s rally after claims for jobless benefits among Americans held at a four-year low. The Federal Reserve said on Feb. 29 the economy …
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Citi: New wave of liquidity to enter Asia in March
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MUMBAI: Foreign exchange reserves grew by $1.61 billion to $296.05 billion for the second consecutive week on the back of a rise in the core foreign currency assets. The total reserves had risen by $55.8 million to $293.44 billion in the previous reporting week, according to the RBI data. Foreign currency assets, a major component of the forex reserves, rose …
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NEW DELHI: India is likely to raise taxes on a number of manufactured items and expand the tax net in its budget to rein in its deficit and give space for the central bank to cut interest rates to support growth, a top government economic adviser said on Friday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has called on the government …
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BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) — Chinese rating agency Dagong Global Rating Co. on Friday downgraded the local and foreign currency sovereign credit rating of Italy from A- to BBB with a negative outlook. The downgrade was a response to inevitable fiscal austerity and structural reforms that will negatively affect the growth of the debt-laden country, Dagong said. Meanwhile, an external …
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BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) — China’s central bank said Friday that all companies qualified for foreign trade activities can conduct cross-border export settlement in yuan. The People’s Bank of China said in a statement on its website that China expanded cross-border trade settlement in yuan to cover all goods exporters in order to “meet market demand and make foreign trade …
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