Thursday, April 5, 2007

China markets react calmly to hike

(Reuters) - Thursday's late announcement of a 0.5 percentage point reserve ratio increase, to take effect on April 16, came several weeks earlier than many in the markets had anticipated but was by no means a big surprise.

"It's earlier than expected, but it's still a continuation of the central bank's stated monetary policy," said senior analyst Fang Ming at Bank of China in a research report on Friday.


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