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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

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While the benchmark deposit rate was officially lowered from 3.00% to 2.75%, the upper limit that banks can pay for deposits remained unchanged at 3.30%. It may seem strange to have both a benchmark rate and a “floating range” that establishes a cap, instead of just setting a cap, as was the case until very recently.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

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My criteria includes events that have a chance to shape history in a major way. Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. Investments US stock markets are at all-time high. I confess. Had to look it up.