3.2. Accommodative monetary policies
In 2008, China was in the second year of a contractionary monetary policy regime aimed at slowing the 11-12% rate of growth over the previous years and reining in inflationary pressures. Faced with the sudden global economic meltdown and the threat of contagion to China, policy makers made an abrupt shift during the second half of 2008, to ease into an increasingly accommodative policy regime. In September, the central bank reduced the one-year lending rate from 7.47% to 5.58% (China Daily, 2008). In the period from September through December, interest rates were cut five times, with a cut of
108 basis points on 26 November 2008 (Areddy, 2008). To give an added boost to the financial sector, in December the State Council released a nine-step plan for financial reform. The package included new credit mechanisms for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a broader scope for issuing corporate bonds, and new regulations for the creation of real estate investment trust funds (REITs) and private equity (PE) funds (Li et al., 2008). Also in December 2008, the State Council issued a document authorising a loan allocation of an additional CNY 100 billion to the policy banks. Commercial banks were urged to increase lending. The credit quota was abolished, and a call was issued to strive for increasing total lending by CNY 4 trillion in 2008 (State Council Office, 2008). As will be seen below, these liberalising steps together created the conditions for an overwhelming response to the call to stimulate the economy.
3.2. Accommodative monetary policies
In 2008, China was in the second year of a contractionary monetary policy regime aimed at slowing the 11-12% rate of growth over the previous years and reining in inflationary pressures. Faced with the sudden global economic meltdown and the threat of contagion to China, policy makers made an abrupt shift during the second half of 2008, to ease into an increasingly accommodative policy regime. In September, the central bank reduced the one-year lending rate from 7.47% to 5.58% (China Daily, 2008). In the period from September through December, interest rates were cut five times, with a cut of
108 basis points on 26 November 2008 (Areddy, 2008). To give an added boost to the financial sector, in December the State Council released a nine-step plan for financial reform. The package included new credit mechanisms for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a broader scope for issuing corporate bonds, and new regulations for the creation of real estate investment trust funds (REITs) and private equity (PE) funds (Li et al., 2008). Also in December 2008, the State Council issued a document authorising a loan allocation of an additional CNY 100 billion to the policy banks. Commercial banks were urged to increase lending. The credit quota was abolished, and a call was issued to strive for increasing total lending by CNY 4 trillion in 2008 (State Council Office, 2008). As will be seen below, these liberalising steps together created the conditions for an overwhelming response to the call to stimulate the economy.
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