Across
- 2. This rate is regarded as the upper bound of an interest-rate corridor
- 4. This rate was increased the week before Chinese New Year
- 6. Used in open-market operations to absorb liquidity
- 9. A (relatively) vocal employee of the central bank
- 10. PBOC's favorite word when it comes to describing monetary policy
- 11. A PBOC publication
- 13. Used in open-market operations to inject liquidity
- 15. Top policy makers characterized monetary policy as _______ in December, showing a shift toward relative tightening
Down
- 1. The most opaque of all tools but often effective in China
- 2. Nicknamed "sweet and sour noodles" in China for its English initials
- 3. Probably the easiest to remember of all the acronyms
- 5. The last adjustment was a cut in October 2015.
- 7. The most important man at the PBOC
- 8. The current PBOC governor's predecessor
- 12. These loans are longer-term and only offered to major banks
- 14. Neglected for a while, this tool is sometimes used to support specific sectors
- 16. The latest member of the PBOC alphabet soup
