Using honest math China’s new lending is already 100% over official targets–a problem for a country that says it wants to fight inflation
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Today, November 19, the People’s Bank of China announced that banks would have to increase the money they keep as reserves against loans by another 0.5 percentage points. The central bank raised reserve requirements just two weeks ago. The increase raises the odds that the People’s Bank will raise benchmark interest rates by the end of 2010—but probably delays the move into December
Despite the headlines, for bank lenders in China it’s business as usual so far
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If financial stocks and chip stocks, two crucial leadership sectors, can build on the November 4 strength over the next few days, the odds for a fourth quarter rally will have improved markedly.
Hard on the heels of the Fed’s announcement tomorrow, investors will hear from the central banks of Japan, the U.K., and Europe
The most important central banks among the developed economies are set to announce interest rate and monetary policy decisions in the forty-eight hours after the Fed speaks. If you’ve been hungry for central bank news, I think you’re about to get your fill.