Sunday, April 29, 2007

China raises banks' required reserves again

(Reuters) - China on Sunday ordered banks for the second time this month to hold more of their deposits in reserve in an attempt to prevent credit and investment growth from causing the world's fourth-largest economy to overheat.

The People's Bank of China said big banks would have to hold 11 percent of their deposits in reserve at the central bank as from May 15, up from 10.5 percent now.


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