MEDELLIN, Colombia, March 28 (Reuters) - Chinese Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Saturday it was uncertain whether China's slowdown had stopped because that still depended mainly on the global economic situation.
'You know it still very much depends if this global financial crisis reached bottom. This kind of dependence is the most important. Up to now it is still uncertain. We don't know yet,' Zhou told reporters when asked about the slowdown.
China would be prepared to participate if the International Monetary Fund sought to increase its reserves to better tackle the global crisis, he said, speaking at the annual Inter-American Development Bank meeting in Colombia.
'Certainly, we have quite an active preparation to participate if IMF wants to raise their reserves, he said.
(Reporting by Daniel Bases, writing by Patrick Markey in Medellin; Editing by Peter Cooney) Keywords: FINANCIAL/LATINAMERICA ZHOU (pat.markey@thomsonreuters.com; +57 1-634-4137; Reuters Messaging: pat.markey.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'You know it still very much depends if this global financial crisis reached bottom. This kind of dependence is the most important. Up to now it is still uncertain. We don't know yet,' Zhou told reporters when asked about the slowdown.
China would be prepared to participate if the International Monetary Fund sought to increase its reserves to better tackle the global crisis, he said, speaking at the annual Inter-American Development Bank meeting in Colombia.
'Certainly, we have quite an active preparation to participate if IMF wants to raise their reserves, he said.
(Reporting by Daniel Bases, writing by Patrick Markey in Medellin; Editing by Peter Cooney) Keywords: FINANCIAL/LATINAMERICA ZHOU (pat.markey@thomsonreuters.com; +57 1-634-4137; Reuters Messaging: pat.markey.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.