华尔街风暴引发中国难题

当中国金融改革的榜样出了问题,这场改革未来的道路如何选择,成了最大的疑问。美国东部时间2005年9月15日凌晨,曾为美国四大投资银行的雷曼兄弟发表声明,公司将于当日递交破产保护申请。几个小时之后,中国人民银行宣布从9月16日开始,将一年期贷款基准利率从7.47%下调到7.20%,并从9月25日起,将中小型金融机构的存款准备金率下调1个百分点。

Wall Street Storm Disconcerts China

A few hours after the fourth largest financial institution of the US,Lehman Brothers,filed for bankruptcy protection and triggered panic over its economic fallout,the one-year lending rate in China was lowered by 27 basic points to 7.2%,effective from September 16. The Chinese central bank also cut the deposit reserve ratio for all financial intuitions,except the country's six biggest banks,by 100 basic points to 16.5%. This was the first time the central bank cut benchmark lending rate in four years and re...