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Chinense membership of FATF

The Financial Action Task Force has given approval for China to be a full member of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering This is expected to assist the efforts of its banks to expand overseas.

BIS warns on inflation and trade imbalances

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) noted in its 77th Annual Report, released on 24 June, that the performance of the global economy over the last few years has been extraordinary, raising "questions about the source and, closely related, the…

Chinese regulator fines lenders

Two of the major commercial banks in China and six other financial institutions will be fined for lending money used by two state companies to buy stocks and real estate, despite official efforts to step up the regulation of state-owned banks and the…

Risks rising for emerging markets - RBI's Reddy

Y.V. Reddy, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has warned that new financial market players and instruments, as well as greater market integration, mean that the risk of contagion to emerging economies may have grown.

PBoC deputy weighs in on exchange rate battles

With the US and China engaged in talks over the latter's large trade surplus, Su Ning, the deputy governor of the People's Bank of China has said that the surplus has not been caused by the yuan-dollar exchange rate but that the country nonetheless…

What next from Chinese reserve managers?

These two articles analyse this week's announcement that the new agency managing part of China's $1.2 trillion in foreign reserves will buy a $3 billion stake in the American private equity firm, Blackstone Group LP.

Monetary operations in China

This Bank of Japan Working Paper suggests that the People's Bank of China's money market operations have been focused mainly on China-US interest rate differentials for the sake of stability in the Renminbi exchange rate after the July 2005 reform.

Zhou says room to raise reserve requirement

China still has room to raise the commercial banks' reserve requirement ratio, the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post reported Thursday 17 May, citing People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan.

PBOC says credit growth still too high

The People's Bank of China said in its first quarter monetary policy report, published Thursday 10 May, that credit growth remains too high and it needs to maintain a reasonable level of expansion.

PBOC's Zhou unsure on reserves trend

The governor of the People's Bank of China said in Switzerland Monday 7 May the outlook for China's foreign reserves remains unclear following a big increase in the Q1.

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