China cenbank chief flags more interest rate cuts
Corrects to say 7-day repo rate has already been cut by 20 bps, MLF rate already cut by 30 bps
BEIJING, Oct 18 (Reuters) -China's central bank governor said on Friday the reserve requirement ratio for commercial lenders could be cut further by 25 to 50 basis points by the year-end depending on liquidity conditions, keeping the door open to more policy easing steps.
The benchmark seven-day reverse repurchase rate has beenlowered by 20 basis points and the medium-term lending facility rate has been reducedby 30 basis points, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Pan Gongsheng told a financial forum in Beijing.
On Oct. 21, the Loan Prime Rate (LPR) will decrease by 20 to 25 basis points, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Pan as saying.
Pan had previously flagged more potential stimulus steps to support the faltering economy after announcing in late September measures to stabilise the housing sector and rekindle capital market confidence.
At the financial forum on Friday, Pan also warned against any illegal fund flows into the stock market.
The PBOC introduced two new tools in September to support markets.
These were a swap programme giving funds, insurers and brokers easier access to funding for stock buys, and relatively cheap PBOC loans to help banks finance listed companies' share purchases and buybacks.
Pan said the two measures were based entirely on market-oriented principles, and the swap facility was not a form of direct financial support from the central bank.
The bank's provisions regarding stock buybacks and purchases have specific directional aims, and the fundamental bottom line was that loan funds must not unlawfully enter the stock market, Pan added.
Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Muralikumar Anantharaman
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