中國迫于通脹再次加息

The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, is raising benchmark interest rates for the third time since last October as Beijing steps up effort in taming high inflation, Xinhua reports.

據新華社電，中國人民銀行自去年10月以來第三次宣布提高基準利率，此舉表明中國政府正加大力度控制居高不下的通貨膨脹。

央行宣布基準一年期存貸款利率將上調25個基點，達到6.06%。英國《金融時報》表示，此次加息的時機選擇在春節七天長假的最后一天，似乎是為了避免擾動全球和國內市場。

本次加息在許多人的意料之中；多數經濟學家預計，未來幾個月至少還會再有一次加息。

Inflation forces China to raise rates

The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, is raising benchmark interest rates for the third time since last October as Beijing steps up effort in taming high inflation, Xinhua reports.

The benchmark one-year borrowing and lending rates will rise 25 basis points to 6.06 percent. The announcement came on the final day of the week-long Spring Festival holiday, in a move that appears to avoid upsetting global and home markets, Financial Times said.

The rate has been anticipated and most economists expect at least one more rate hike in the coming months.

(China.org.cn February 10, 2011)