People’s Bank of China (PBoC)
China cuts key lending rate
Authorities acknowledge “complex and severe environment” as they step up support
Chinese authorities investigate senior PBoC official
Anti-corruption agencies launch probe into sacked head of monetary policy department
PBoC expands ‘structural monetary policy tools’
New $15 billion relending programmes target transport and coal sectors
RBI extends Sri Lanka swap line
Island nation defaulted amid debt, currency and balance of payment crises
PBoC on hold as Fed signals steeper rate rises
Policy-makers face worsening pandemic, rising inflation and tighter global financial conditions
PBoC announces policies to help pandemic-stricken economy
Package of 23 measures echoes actions taken in 2020
People: Macklem to chair Basel Committee oversight board
China names policy-makers; BoJ reappoints key monetary policy official; Kazakhstan replaces deputy
Chinese draft law sets up financial stability fund
New government committee would oversee financial stability as concerns grow
China expands e-yuan pilot
Beijing to trail use of central bank digital currency outside of Olympic Games centres
China holds loan prime rates
One-year remains at 3.7% and above five-years at 4.6%
Liu He intervention helps calm Chinese markets
Authorities promise easier policy as economy hit by Covid outbreak and Russia-Ukraine war
PBoC to fine Tencent over AML breaches, report says
Nationwide crackdown on money laundering announced in January
PBoC resumes profit transfer to government
Transfer of $158 billion follows two-year suspension during Covid-19 pandemic
PBoC keeps key rate on hold
MLF rate stays at 2.85%, as investors turn attention to second rate move next week
IMF warns Chinese economic recovery ‘lacks balance’
Focus on investment has set back progress towards “high-quality” growth, fund says
People’s Bank of China continues rate cuts
Cuts follow weaker growth figures as deputy governor promises stable credit growth
PBoC cuts rates as Xi warns against ‘rapid tightening’
Quarterly GDP growth hits lowest rate in 18 months as Xi calls for international policy co-operation
PBoC cuts reserve requirements
But easing measure partially offset by withdrawal of other liquidity support
PBoC hints at tilt to easier policy as growth slows
Third-quarter monetary policy report tweaked phrases, downplaying opposition to easy policy
Chinese governor says CBDC must balance privacy and anti-crime measures
Yi says PBoC will collect “minimum amount of information” as police report first CBDC-related arrests
China sets up $31 billion financing facility for ‘clean coal’
Move comes after PBoC excluded coal projects from eligibility for 'green bonds' finance
UK and China renew bilateral swap line
350 billion yuan swap line extended for a further five years
Fed warns of China debt risks
Financial Stability Report mainly optimistic about systemic health, including housing market
PBoC launches carbon-reduction monetary policy facility
Facility will offer low-cost loans for private firms investing in green projects