The People's Bank of China's research bureau deputy head Ji Min was in the China Daily over the weekend:

  • room for an increase in interest rates in the short term
  • Citing industrial product prices and corporate profitability improving since last year
  • PBOC will assess both inflation and foreign exchange rates before adjusting interest rates
  • Higher interest rates will help to squeeze asset bubble and restrain debt expansion

Also, an adviser in China News today:

  • Yuan to be basically stable in 2018