January 16, 2020
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s reserve requirement ratio (RRR) is at appropriate level and there is limited room for further cuts, a central bank official said on Thursday.
China will make timely adjustments to benchmark deposit rates, and should pay more attention to changes in real interest rates when discussing whether to cut interest rates, Sun Guofeng, head of monetary policy department of the People’s Bank of China told a news briefing in Beijing.
Real interest rates have been falling significantly and funding costs for small firms also declining, Sun added.
The PBOC has cut RRR eight times since early 2018, including one earlier this month, to help shore up the cooling economy. Analysts have forecast more this year.
(Reporting by Kevin Yao and Judy Hua; Editing by Kim Coghill)
