Policy fears mount as FX reserves increase

China's rapid accumulation of foreign exchange reserves is leading to difficulties in steering economic policy, analysts and officials with the foreign exchange regulator said on Thursday.

The nation will keep reserves at a "reasonable" level, officials of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in an online interview.

"The excessively large foreign exchange reserves increase domestic money supply and create potential domestic inflation pressure," said Huang Guobo, chief economist of the SAFE. "They also put more pressure on the central bank to raise reserve requirement ratios and sterilize (inflows)."