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Further Promoting Interest Rate and Exchange Rate Reforms
This is an exclusive interview with central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan
Caijing: Should China further promote market-oriented reform of interest rates?
Zhou: The marketization of interest rates is a process that can be advanced further. China could start with reforming the lending rate, while the reform of the deposit rate could be advanced through approaches including promoting the development of alternative debt products and expanding the floating range of interest rates.
Issue 320
Print:2012-04-23
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