中國銀行再次提高銀行準備金率

China's central bank has issued another order for lenders to increase their cash reserves as they struggle to curb inflation.
The People's Bank of China raised the reserve requirement ratio by half a percent ((50 basis points)), effective May 18. The order means China's biggest lenders must keep up to 21 percent of their capital in their vaults, and not lend it out. The government hopes by limiting cash in the economy, it can slow inflation.

Thursday's order comes a day after Beijing said consumer prices rose 5.3 percent in April. It marks the fifth time this year the central bank has ordered an increase in cash reserves as part efforts to tighten the flow of money to slow inflation. The government also has raised interest rates several times.中國央行再次發出指令要求信貸機構現金準備金率,以控制通貨膨脹。中國人民銀行要求信貸機構從5月18日起把準備金利率上調0.5個百分點。這樣準備金率將提高到21%,也就是說,中國最大的那些貸款機構的總資本中將有21%要被凍結起來,不能外貸。中國政府希望限制經濟流通中的現金數量，緩解通貨膨脹。

星期四的指令下達的前一天，北京說，4月份的消費者價格上升了5.3%。這是中國央行今年第5次下令上調準備金，作爲收緊銀根、緩解通貨膨脹的努力。中國政府還幾次提升了利率。