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Fixed-asset investment statistics indicate continued strong investment from local governments, while the growth of central government-approved projects declined to the lowest level since 2005, Wei said.
According to Lu Zhengwei, chief economist with Industrial Bank Co, the government's tightening measures are not expected to ease before the third quarter of the year, because all the key economic indicators exceeded expectations.
"More tightening policies might be expected, with the required reserve ratios for banks likely to raised again, probably within two weeks, and one or two further rises in interest rates before the end of the second quarter," said Lu.
To soak up excess liquidity in the market, the central bank has raised the benchmark interest rate four times since October and has required the country's biggest lenders to lock up a record 20 percent of their deposits as reserves.