“预料之中”的央行加息,终于在3月17日傍晚时分出炉:自3月18日起,金融机构人民币存贷款基准利率同步上调0．27个百分点。这是央行2007年以来、在连续两次上调存款准备金率后,首次上调银行基准利率。专家认为,此次加息可能成为房价下降的一个拐点。 The “expected” central bank to raise interest rates was finally released on the evening of March 17: Since March 18, the benchmark interest rates for renminbi deposits and loans of financial institutions have been raised simultaneously by 0.27 percentage point. This is the first time since 2007 that the central bank raised the benchmark interest rate of banks after raising the deposit reserve ratio twice in a row. Experts believe that the rate hike may become a turning point in the decline in prices.