China May Raise Rates 6 Times Through 2011, Mizuho’s Suzuki Says

China may raise interest rates up to six times by the end of next year as inflation becomes more entrenched in the economy, according to Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.

China’s central bank has relied on reserve-requirement ratios to help control liquidity, and with levels near 20 percent there’s little room for increases, said Takamoto Suzuki, a senior economist at the unit of Japan’s third-largest bank.