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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Dear Readers, Wen just delivered his remarks at the NPC. There are definitely passages that take a hard line on lending, blaming inflation mostly on domestic sources. He urges continuation of loan ceilings, although with some adjustments favoring agriculture and energy efficient industries. However, the message is not completely unambiguous, as his number four point cautions against "cutting with one knife" and "hard landing," both phrases that conjure an uncompromising loan ceiling.

Here are some excerpts:

温家宝说,几年来,针对固定资产投资增长过快、货币信贷投放过多、外贸顺差过大,以及农业基础薄弱等经济发展中不稳定、不协调、不可持续的问题,严把土地、信贷两个闸门,提高市场准入门槛,适时调整财政政策、货币政策,完善产业政策和土地政策,调整经济结构,加强薄弱环节。根据经济形势的变化,多次及时调整金融机构存款准备金率、存贷款基准利率,取消或降低高耗能、高排放和资源性产品的出口退税。 [ 2008-03-05 09:14:23 ]

The soft part:

温家宝说,几年来,针对固定资产投资增长过快、货币信贷投放过多、外贸顺差过大,以及农业基础薄弱等经济发展中不稳定、不协调、不可持续的问题,严把土地、信贷两个闸门,提高市场准入门槛,适时调整财政政策、货币政策,完善产业政策和土地政策,调整经济结构,加强薄弱环节。根据经济形势的变化,多次及时调整金融机构存款准备金率、存贷款基准利率,取消或降低高耗能、高排放和资源性产品的出口退税。 [ 2008-03-05 09:14:23 ]

The harder part

[温家宝]━━ 经济运行中一些突出问题和深层次矛盾依然存在。近年来固定资产投资增长过快,货币信贷投放过多,国际收支不平衡。长期形成的结构性矛盾和增长方式粗放问题仍然突出。投资与消费关系不协调,投资率持续偏高;一二三产业发展不协调,工业特别是重工业比重偏大,服务业比重偏低;自主创新能力不强,经济增长的资源环境代价过大。农业基础仍然薄弱,农业稳定发展和农民持续增收难度加大,城乡、区域发展差距扩大的趋势尚未扭转。特别是影响经济发展的体制机制障碍还相当突出,改革攻坚任务繁重。 [ 2008-03-05 10:05:26 ]

The part where he blames global food prices....well I think someone else put him up to it, or maybe not. But he does blame rising housing prices, so more policies to deal with that problem on the way....

[温家宝]━━ 涉及群众切身利益的问题有待进一步解决。当前物价上涨、通货膨胀压力加大。去年居民消费价格总水平比上年上涨4.8%,主要是食品和居住类价格涨幅较大。物价上涨有多方面的因素:国内农产品价格多年在低位运行,近期的价格上涨有其必然性和一定的合理因素,但对群众特别是低收入群众生活影响较大;近年来国际市场初级产品价格大幅上升,也直接影响国内价格上涨。由于推动价格上涨的因素还将存在,今年价格上涨的压力仍然较大。同时,生产资料价格不断上升,房地产等资产价格上涨过快,防止通货膨胀的任务相当艰巨。劳动就业、社会保障、教育、医疗卫生、收入分配、住房、产品质量安全、安全生产、社会治安等方面,还有不少问题需要认真加以解决。 [ 2008-03-05 10:05:42 ]

Then my favorite part:

"We will implement tightening monetary policy, mainly considering that the pressure of a rebound of fixed asset investment is quite high. Also, lending remains high, while liquidity surplus has not eased, thus upward price pressure remains obvious. This all needs strengthening of financial control--limiting the supply of money and the overly fast growth of lending"

Okay, this sounds very hard-line right? Not so fast: Note, only "overly fast growth of lending"(过快增长) should be limited, not fast growth of lending. When is lending growing "overly fast"??? Also, lending should not be given to energy intensive industries, but what about real estate? If the premier is so concerned about real estate prices, why isn't there explicit statement channeling loans away from the real estate sector???

[温家宝]温家宝指出,实行从紧的货币政策,主要是考虑当前固定资产投资反弹压力较大,货币信贷投放仍然偏多,流动性过剩矛盾尚未缓解,价格上涨压力明显,需要加强金融调控,控制货币供应量和信贷过快增长。一要综合运用公开市场操作、存款准备金率等方式,加大对冲流动性力度;合理发挥利率杠杆调节作用;完善人民币汇率形成机制,增强汇率弹性。二要着力优化信贷结构,严格执行贷款条件,有保有压。控制中长期贷款增长,特别是对高耗能、高排放企业和产能过剩行业的贷款;创新和改进银行信贷服务,完善担保、贴息等制度,加大对“三农”、服务业、中小企业、自主创新、节能环保、区域协调发展等方面的贷款支持。三要深化外汇管理体制改革。完善结售汇制度,加强跨境资本流动监管,稳步推进资本项目可兑换。拓展外汇储备使用渠道和方式。同时,采取综合措施,努力改善国际收支状况。 [ 2008-03-05 10:20:14 ]

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