Money | China China Jacks Up Interest Rates Country trying to slow down runaway growth, inflation By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 8, 2011 5:55 AM CST Copied In this Nov. 20, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a staff member counts renminbi at a bank in Liaocheng, north China's Shandong province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Xianju) China pumped up its interest rates for the third time in four months today, in a desperate attempt to rein in inflation. One-year deposit rates rose to 3%, and the one-year lending rate to 6.06%, the New York Times reports, and analysts expect still more increases down the road. While the rest of the world is keeping rates low in hopes of spurring lending and growth, China’s got all the growth it can handle, thanks to massive state investment projects. The country’s economy grew 10.3% last year, well above analyst expectations, and brought with it an uncomfortable 3.3% inflation rate. Read These Next More details coming out about the last party the Reiners attended. The president's son is set to marry again. Trump's Reiner remarks were too much for some Republicans. Susie Wiles thinks Trump has an 'alcoholic's personality.' Report an error