China's
central bank cut interest rates on 23 October 2015 for the sixth time in less than a year, and it
again lowered the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves . The PBOC said on its
website that it was lowering the one-year benchmark bank lending rate by 25
basis points to 4.35 per cent,
effective from October 24. The one-year benchmark deposit rate was lowered
by 25 basis points to 1.50 per cent.
The reserve
requirement ratio (RRR) was also cut by 50 basis points for all banks, taking
the ratio to 17.5 per cent for the
biggest lenders, while banks that lend to agricultural firms and small
companies received another 50-basis-point reduction to their RRR.
Action by PBOC
Nov. 21, 2014 –PBOC cuts rates by 40 basis points.
Nov. 30,
2014 –PBOC publishes draft rules on deposit insurance.
Dec. 28,
2014 –PBOC changes rules on loan deposit requirements to ease
liquidity pressure.
Jan. 22,
2015 –PBOC reintroduced reverse repos to meet cash demand ahead of
Chinese New Year.
Feb. 4,
2015 – PBOC cuts reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points.
Feb. 28,
2015 – The PBOC cuts rates by 25 basis points.
Apr. 19,
2015 - PBOC cuts the reserve requirement ratio by 100 basis points.
May 10,
2015 –PBOC cuts rates by 25 basis points.
Jun. 24,
2015 –PBOC scraps the loan deposit ratio cap.
Jun. 27,
2015 –PBOC cuts rates by 25 basis points and the RRR by 50 basis
points for select banks.
Jul. 5, 2015 – IPOs are suspended,
major brokers launch a market stabilization fund and the PBOC announces
liquidity support for margin finance.
PBOC
provides liquidity to China Securities Finance Corp. (CSFC), an organization
that makes loans to qualified securities firms for margin on-lending to
stabilize the market
Aug. 11 2015 - PBOC devalues the yuan. Mid
August PBOC conducts biggest open-market
weekly liquidity additions since February
Aug. 25 2015 The People's Bank of
China cut its benchmark one-year lending rate by 25bps to 4.6 percent decided to lower reserve requirements for banks The PBOC had thus cut benchmark lending and saving rates for the
fifth time since November 2014 and lowered banks’ required reserve ratio by
half a percentage point after the stock market recorded the steepest falls
since 1996.
Humpty
Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty
Dumpty had a great fall;
All the
king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put
Humpty together again.
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